36 English Street, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Commercial building.

36 English Street, Dumfries

WRENN ID
strange-floor-laurel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
Commercial building
OS grid reference
NX 973 760
Coordinates
55.06849, -3.60901
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

36 English Street in Dumfries is an early 19th century building that stands two storeys tall and features three bays. It has a well-preserved mid-19th century shop front with four bays supported by decorative cast-iron columns, and a close door located on the right. Above the ground floor, there is a continuous modillion cornice. The exterior is finished in painted droved ashlar and includes plate glass sashes, a cornice, and end stacks, all topped by a slate roof. At the back, there is a long rear range that faces a narrow close.

Local climate

36 English Street, 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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