8 Victoria Terrace, Moffat Road, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981.
8 Victoria Terrace, Moffat Road, Dumfries
- WRENN ID
- late-steeple-harvest
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1981
- OS grid reference
- NX 979 765
- Coordinates
- 55.07272, -3.60036
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
1 Victoria Terrace, located on Moffat Road in Dumfries, was built around 1830 for Nos 1-4, while Nos 5-7 and No 1 Moffat Road were constructed around 1860 by Alexander Crombie. This long terrace features two stories and a basement, showcasing classical architectural details. The terrace consists of eight west-facing two-bay houses arranged in symmetrical pairs, with each pair having shallow, advanced wide outer gables and a central narrow linking bay that contains a pend. The ninth house faces the return elevation to Moffat Road.
The houses at Nos 1-4 are made of painted brick, while Nos 5-7 are constructed from ashlar stone. All houses have corniced ground floor openings and a cill course at the first floor. The entrance bays feature tripartite doorpieces, with the inner doors paired, and single windows on the first floor. The second bays have projecting ground floor tripartites and bipartite windows on the first floor. The design includes shaped skews, gabled dormers, axial stacks, and slate roofs. The elevation facing Moffat Road has four bays, with three being prominent and one recessed, and features a two-storey canted window in a wide gable.
To the west, there are private gardens at a lower level, accessible across the terrace access road. The terrace is bordered by a wall with a balustrade along the roadside, complete with piers and steps leading to the garden.
Local climate
8 Victoria Terrace, Moffat Road, 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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