5, 7, 9 Friars Vennel, Dumfries is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Commercial. 1 related planning application.

5, 7, 9 Friars Vennel, Dumfries

WRENN ID
final-moat-ivory
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
Commercial
Address
5, 7, 9 Friars Vennel, Dumfries, DG1 2RQ
OS grid reference
NX 969 761
Coordinates
55.0688, -3.61486
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 5, 7, and 9 Friars Vennel in Dumfries, dates from around 1800. It is a three-storey corner structure featuring modern shops on the ground floor. The façade has three bays facing Friars Vennel and a single bay gable on Brewery Street. It is constructed of painted coursed rubble with ashlar margins. The windows have been reglazed, with modern glazing on the first floor and plate glass sashes on the second floor. The building also has an eaves and lintel band, topped with a tiled roof.

Local climate

5, 7, 9 Friars Vennel, Dumfries sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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