British Linen Bank, Cross, Forfar is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Bank.
British Linen Bank, Cross, Forfar
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-attic-ridge
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Bank
- OS grid reference
- NO 456 506
- Coordinates
- 56.64417, -2.88819
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The British Linen Bank in Cross, Forfar, was designed by Kinnear and Peddie and built between 1895 and 1896. This building features an Early Renaissance style with two storeys, an attic, and a garret. The ground floor is rusticated and includes a doorpiece with a broken pediment in the Ionic style. Above this, there are four windows, and at the attic level, there is a large gable that is scrolled and consoled, also featuring the Ionic order.
Local climate
British Linen Bank, Cross, Forfar sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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