26 Castle Street, Forfar is a Grade C listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.

26 Castle Street, Forfar

WRENN ID
young-postern-swift
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Angus
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 1971
Type
Commercial building
Address
26 Castle Street, Forfar, DD8 3AD
OS grid reference
NO 456 506
Coordinates
56.64487, -2.88832
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

26 Castle Street in Forfar is a three-storey building designed by T.R. Souter in 1909. It features a well-preserved original shopfront with rounded angles, a central bay window that displays superimposed orders, and a gablet above topped with ball finials. At the back of the building, there is an older section that includes a hydraulic goods lift, which was installed in 1896. The building has been re-categorised as C(S) from B for group interest in 2006, indicating its significance as part of a larger architectural context. The listing applies to both the interior and exterior of the building, as is appropriate for its type.

Local climate

26 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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