Post Office House, 2 The Square, Glamis is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Hotel, former post office house.
Post Office House, 2 The Square, Glamis
- WRENN ID
- lesser-hinge-martin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Hotel, former post office house
- Address
- Post Office House, 2 The Square, Glamis, DD8 1RS
- OS grid reference
- NO 385 467
- Coordinates
- 56.60854, -3.00347
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Post Office House, located at 2 The Square in Glamis, dates back to 1765. This building is a two-storey, six-bay terraced pair of houses that has been converted into a hotel. The exterior features a dry-dash finish with raised stone margins.
On the southeast elevation, the ground floor has three windows to the left of the center, with the outer left window featuring a dated lintel. There is an additional window to the right, followed by a blank bay and a glazed door at the outer right. The first floor has a regular arrangement of windows, except for the penultimate bay on the right, which contains a small window.
The southwest elevation is gabled, with a window on each floor at the outer right and another window in the gablehead above. There is a rubble link to the Strathmore Arms Hotel on the outer left.
The windows are timber sash and case with an 8-pane glazing pattern. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are brick stacks with cans.
Local climate
Post Office House, 2 The Square, Glamis 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 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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