Meffan Instistute, 20 West High Street, Forfar is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Institute. 3 related planning applications.

Meffan Instistute, 20 West High Street, Forfar

WRENN ID
over-joist-moon
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Institute
Address
Meffan Instistute, 20 West High Street, Forfar, DD8 1BB
OS grid reference
NO 455 505
Coordinates
56.64403, -2.8895
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Meffan Institute, located at 20 West High Street in Forfar, was designed by Tait Conner and Henry Mitchell from Glasgow in 1896. This two-storey building features stugged ashlar stonework and has four windows with mullion and transom crosses. It includes an arched doorpiece and a decorative louvre at the roof. The building was re-categorised from grade B to grade C(S) in 2006, reflecting its group interest. The listing applies to both the interior and exterior of the building, as is appropriate for its type.

Local climate

Meffan Instistute, 20 West High 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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