120 High 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.

120 High Street, Dumfries

WRENN ID
solemn-lancet-thrush
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
Address
120 High Street, Dumfries, DG1 2BG
OS grid reference
NX 972 761
Coordinates
55.06872, -3.61033
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

120 High Street in Dumfries is a building dated 1809, featuring three storeys and a central wall-head gable with a pediment. It has five bays, with modern shops occupying the ground floor. The exterior is finished in painted droved ashlar with contrasting margins. Most of the windows have modern two-paned glazing, while others are sashes that retain the original 12-pane glazing pattern. Architectural details include an eaves and lintel band, a cornice, and a balustraded wall-head parapet, topped by a slate roof. The south flank facing Old Union Street is simply harled.

Local climate

120 High 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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