16 Castle Street, Forfar is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. 1 related planning application.

16 Castle Street, Forfar

WRENN ID
sacred-lintel-crow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Address
16 Castle Street, Forfar, DD8 3AD
OS grid reference
NO 456 506
Coordinates
56.64464, -2.8881
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

18-24 Castle Street in Forfar is a building dating from around 1870, designed in the style of John Carver. It is a three-storey structure with a four-window facade, constructed from rubble. The building features a central gable that includes a corbelled chimney and dormer heads on the second floor. The original shops are adorned with a consoled cornice. The listing has been re-categorised from B to C(S) in 2006, emphasizing the group interest of the building, which includes both the interior and exterior as relevant to its type.

Local climate

16 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. The Strangers' Inn, 10, 12, 14 Castle Street, Forfar Grade C 8 m
  2. 3 East High Street, Forfar Grade C 23 m
  3. 2 Castle Street, Forfar Grade C 24 m
  4. Municipal Buildings, Castle Street, Forfar Grade A 27 m
  5. 26 Castle Street, Forfar Grade C 28 m
  6. 2 K6 Telephone Kiosks, Castle Street, Forfar Grade B 37 m
  7. Town And County Hall, Cross, High Street, Forfar Grade B 38 m
  8. 17 And 19 East High Street, Forfar Grade B 44 m
  9. 4, 6, 8 East High Street, Forfar Grade C 50 m
  10. 10 East High Street, Forfar Grade C 51 m