4, 6, 8 High Street, Brechin is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.

4, 6, 8 High Street, Brechin

WRENN ID
calm-roof-elder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Commercial building
Address
4, 6, 8 High Street, Brechin, DD9 6ER
OS grid reference
NO 596 602
Coordinates
56.73204, -2.66049
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 4, 6, and 8 High Street in Brechin, dates from around 1805, with a rainwater head dated 1915. It is a three-storey structure with a five-window elevation made of stugged ashlar. The central bipartites are divided by Doric column mullions. The left-hand shop has been badly modernised, and there is a central panelled door. The building features an eaves band course and has a slated roof with straight skews. The chimneystack has been rebuilt in brick.

Local climate

4, 6, 8 High Street, Brechin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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