6 South Main Street, Wigtown is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Building. 1 related planning application.

6 South Main Street, Wigtown

WRENN ID
burning-buttress-ridge
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
Building
Address
6 South Main Street, Wigtown, DG8 9EH
OS grid reference
NX 434 553
Coordinates
54.86834, -4.44101
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

6 South Main Street in Wigtown is an early 19th century single-storey building with a piend roof. The front is made of rubble with polished red sandstone at the angles and around the windows, while the flanks and rear are rendered brick. The building features a two-window front facing South Main Street, with single light sash and case windows that have 12-pane glazing. There is an eaves band and eaves cornice, along with an embattled parapet that has die piers at the corners. The piended roof is covered with graded slate and has a tall decorative stack with a cornice. At the rear, there is a single-storey and attic steading made of rubble.

Local climate

6 South Main Street, Wigtown sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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