5 High Street, Brechin is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 April 1979. House.

5 High Street, Brechin

WRENN ID
low-buttress-quill
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 April 1979
Type
House
Address
5 High Street, Brechin, DD9 6ES
OS grid reference
NO 597 602
Coordinates
56.73198, -2.6601
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

5 High Street in Brechin is a building dating from the late 18th century, with additions from the 19th century. It features three storeys and an attic, with a three-window front. The coursers are repaired in stucco at the first floor. There are two early canted dormers that retain their original glazing. The building has an eaves cornice and a slated roof. The ground floor includes a shop and close, while the first and second floors have been reglazed.

Local climate

5 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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