23 Castle Street, Forfar is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971.

23 Castle Street, Forfar

WRENN ID
little-postern-heath
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Address
23 Castle Street, Forfar, DD8 3AE
OS grid reference
NO 455 506
Coordinates
56.64464, -2.88917
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

25 and 29 Castle Street in Forfar are plain three-storey buildings dating from around 1840. They feature five windows on the front, with architraves at the first floor, part of which is painted. There is also a two-window annexe made of painted ashlar with margins and a segmental pend arch. The buildings were re-categorised from grade B to grade C(S) in 2006, reflecting their group interest. The listing applies to both the interior and exterior, as is appropriate for this type of building.

Local climate

23 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. 25 And 29 Castle Street, Forfar Grade C 13 m
  2. 17 Castle Street, Forfar Grade C 19 m
  3. 27, 31 And 33 Castle Street, Forfar Grade C 21 m
  4. 19 And 21 Castle Street, Forfar Grade C 22 m
  5. 2 K6 Telephone Kiosks, Castle Street, Forfar Grade B 29 m
  6. Municipal Buildings, Castle Street, Forfar Grade A 39 m
  7. Town And County Hall, Cross, High Street, Forfar Grade B 51 m
  8. 8 West High Street, Forfar Grade C 53 m
  9. 10 West High Street, Forfar Grade C 56 m
  10. 12 West High Street, Forfar Grade C 57 m