West Gate Lodge, Birkwood, Lesmahagow is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 May 1989. Gate lodge.

West Gate Lodge, Birkwood, Lesmahagow

WRENN ID
dark-cornice-scarlet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley MP: Imogen Walker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 May 1989
Type
Gate lodge
OS grid reference
NS 809 394
Coordinates
55.63358, -3.89306
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

West Gate Lodge in Birkwood, Lesmahagow, dates from the earlier to mid-19th century, possibly around 1858, and was built at the same time as additions to the main house. This gate lodge is a single-storey, symmetrical structure with a three-bay driveway elevation. It features gables above the openings and a gabled slate roof supported by plain iron columns at each end, where the main angles are deeply canted. The exterior is finished in polished yellow ashlar, and it has sash windows. The entrance is a central door, and there is a single window on the north flank facing the main roadway, which is topped with a bracketed hood.

Local climate

West Gate Lodge, Birkwood, Lesmahagow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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