7, 9 George Street, Whithorn is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 December 1979. House. 2 related planning applications.

7, 9 George Street, Whithorn

WRENN ID
rooted-plaster-crag
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 December 1979
Type
House
Address
7, 9 George Street, Whithorn, DG8 8NS
OS grid reference
NX 446 403
Coordinates
54.73413, -4.415
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

7 and 9 George Street in Whithorn is an early 19th-century, two-storey, four-bay house. The building is constructed of rubble and features painted rusticated quoins, margined openings, and a band course above the ground floor. The central entrance has a recessed door with good double-leaf panelled doors and a fanlight above. To the left, there is a shop front with a large plate glass window flanking the door, while to the right is a single window. On the first floor, there are four single light windows, all sash and case, with 10-pane glazing. The building has an eaves cornice, end skews with skew blocks, tall corniced end stacks, and slate roofs.

Local climate

7, 9 George Street, Whithorn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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