52 High Street, Kirkcudbright is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. House. 4 related planning applications.

52 High Street, Kirkcudbright

WRENN ID
silver-remnant-elder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1971
Type
House
Address
52 High Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4JX
OS grid reference
NX 680 509
Coordinates
54.83575, -4.05569
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

52 High Street in Kirkcudbright is an early 19th century terraced house that has undergone later alterations. It stands two stories tall with an attic and features three bays. The exterior is finished in painted render. A central door is flanked by two-storey canted windows. There is a continuous cornice above the ground floor windows, which is bracketed over the door. All windows are made of plate glass and have chamfered reveals. A small plaque is located between the first floor windows. The house also has one piended, canted dormer and end stacks, topped with a slate roof.

Local climate

52 High Street, Kirkcudbright sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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