Stable Block, Birkhill House is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971.
Stable Block, Birkhill House
- WRENN ID
- brooding-dormer-heath
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1971
- OS grid reference
- NS 838 356
- Coordinates
- 55.60025, -3.84467
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The stable block at Birkhill House dates to the early 18th century, with a core likely from the late 17th century, as indicated by the date "1692" carved above the door. Subsequent additions were made in the 19th century. The building includes panelled rooms on its first floor. It forms part of the Birkhill estate.
Local climate
Stable Block, Birkhill House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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