46 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.

46 George Street, Whithorn

WRENN ID
high-gable-moss
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
OS grid reference
NX 445 402
Coordinates
54.73312, -4.41535
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

42-44 George Street in Whithorn is a pair of two-storey, three-bay houses built around 1800, with shops on the ground floor at Numbers 42 and 44, and a former shop at Number 46.

The houses at Numbers 42 and 44 are constructed of painted rubble with raised painted margins. Number 42 features a shop window and door on the left, with a house door and a small light to the right. The first floor has three regularly spaced sash and case windows with plate glass glazing. The building has skews to the right, end coped stacks, and a good graded slate roof.

Number 46 also has rubble walling with painted raised angle and window margins, and an eaves course. Originally, there were paired doorways on the ground floor, but the doorway on the right has been converted into a window. All windows are single light sash and case with plate glass glazing. The building has end skews, coped end stacks, and a good graded slate roof.

Local climate

46 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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