51 George Street, Whithorn is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. House.

51 George Street, Whithorn

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
House
OS grid reference
NX 445 402
Coordinates
54.73319, -4.41578
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

51 George Street in Whithorn is a house from the later 18th century, featuring two storeys and two bays. The exterior has modern harled walling with painted raised margins, angles, and a basecourse. To the right, there is a door with a fanlight above it, and the windows are single light. The ground floor window has been enlarged in the 19th century and now features modern, fixed, bowed 12-pane glazing. All windows are sash and case, with plate glass glazing on the ground floor and 12-pane glazing on the first floor. The house has tall coped end stacks.

Local climate

51 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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