Western House, 76 Castle Street, Forfar is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. House.
Western House, 76 Castle Street, Forfar
- WRENN ID
- idle-spire-ebony
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NO 455 507
- Coordinates
- 56.64543, -2.89027
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Western House, located at 76 Castle Street in Forfar, dates from around 1800. This three-storey building features a basement and has three windows on its façade. It is constructed from coursed rubble and is adorned with a mutulated cornice and a cill course at the first floor. The entrance includes an architraved doorpiece with a cill course and a cavetto splay. At the back of the building, there is a staircase bow. The property is also complemented by gatepiers.
Local climate
Western House, 76 Castle Street, 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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