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

Fountain, 23 Manor Street, Forfar

WRENN ID
waning-moulding-sorrel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
OS grid reference
NO 454 506
Coordinates
56.64484, -2.89135
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

23 Manor Street in Forfar is a two-storey building designed by David Neale around 1820. It features a three-window ashlar front, with the central bay slightly advanced and adorned with an Ionic pilaster doorpiece. The ground floor bays have cast-iron parapets that were added during the Victorian era. The garden includes a large Victorian fountain, along with retaining walls that have steps, and a rubble-built enclosing wall.

Local climate

Fountain, 23 Manor 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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