52-54 George Street, Whithorn is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. House. 1 related planning application.

52-54 George Street, Whithorn

WRENN ID
noble-marble-sienna
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
House
OS grid reference
NX 445 402
Coordinates
54.73293, -4.41532
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 52-54 George Street in Whithorn, dates from around 1800 and is a two-storey, three-bay house that originally had a shop on the ground floor. The exterior features smooth rendering with painted raised margins and angles, and a moulded cornice. The central entrance has a door with a fanlight above it, with a single window to the left and a former shop front to the right that includes windows flanking the door. On the first floor, there are three single-light windows, all of which are sash and case with plate glass glazing.

The building has end sandstone skews, skew blocks, and end corniced stacks, topped with a slate roof. Additionally, it features decorative cast-iron guttering.

Local climate

52-54 George Street, Whithorn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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