21, 23 Academy Street, Forfar is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1980. House. 2 related planning applications.

21, 23 Academy Street, Forfar

WRENN ID
deep-roof-hazel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 January 1980
Type
House
Address
21, 23 Academy Street, Forfar, DD8 2HA
OS grid reference
NO 458 505
Coordinates
56.64363, -2.88426
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

21 and 23 Academy Street in Forfar are early 19th century buildings featuring a single-storey and basement design with two windows and a central door. The exterior is made of stugged ashlar stone. The doorpiece retains its original woodwork and fanlight, and there are railed steps leading up to the entrance. One chimney head has been removed, and there is a bow at the back of the buildings.

Local climate

21, 23 Academy 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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