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Drumcork Farm

A Category C Listed Building in Mid and Upper Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.256 / 55°15'21"N

Longitude: -3.7598 / 3°45'35"W

OS Eastings: 288243

OS Northings: 597170

OS Grid: NX882971

Mapcode National: GBR 275N.SP

Mapcode Global: WH5VP.65V0

Plus Code: 9C7R764R+C3

Entry Name: Drumcork Farm

Listing Name: Drumcork Farmhouse

Listing Date: 3 August 1971

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 351275

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17375

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200351275

Location: Morton

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Parish: Morton

Traditional County: Dumfriesshire

Tagged with: Farmhouse

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Description

William Burn, architect. Built circa 1834. Substantial

2-storey farmhouse built on brow, with service wing set on to

slope at rear and opening into courtyard at basement level. Asymmetrical, with advanced/recessed gabled bays to main

elevations. South east elevation: canted ground floor window

in wide inner gabled bay, gabled porch linked to centre bay

at left, with wide basket-arched opening, boarded door with

side-lights and fanlight; full-height gabled square bay to

right in re-entrant angle; additional door alongside, and

square (?) privy nearby (above steps to courtyard) with

shallow pyramidal roof with projecting eaves. Courtyard

elevation: in 3 stepped units; tall house gable left; 3-bay centre-doored inner service wing; cartshed to right with segmental-arched opening. Straight or saw-toothed skews;

wallhead and axial stacks; roofed with graded slates.

Statement of Interest

Steading (probably by Walter Newall) not included in listing.

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