Post Office, 6, 7 The Square, Glamis is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. House.
Post Office, 6, 7 The Square, Glamis
- WRENN ID
- tall-ashlar-umber
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NO 385 467
- Coordinates
- 56.60831, -3.0033
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Post Office at 6 and 7 The Square in Glamis is an 18th-century, two-storey house with a rectangular plan, forming part of a regular terrace on the southwest side. The exterior is harled with painted margins.
The northwest elevation, facing The Square, is symmetrical, featuring a boarded timber door at the centre flanked by windows in the adjacent bays. The first floor has regular fenestration with a blank centre bay.
The southeast elevation is asymmetrical, showcasing a variety of architectural elements, including an advanced bay to the left of centre, which has a door that serves as the entrance to No 6. The windows throughout have 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case style. The roof is covered with grey slates and Angus stone slates, and there are coped ashlar and brick stacks with cans.
Local climate
Post Office, 6, 7 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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