39 Castle Street, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Building. 1 related planning application.
39 Castle Street, Dumfries
- WRENN ID
- south-crypt-fen
- 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
- Building
- OS grid reference
- NX 970 763
- Coordinates
- 55.07081, -3.61405
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
39 Castle Street in Dumfries is a tall corner building designed in the style of Walter Newall, featuring classical details. It stands three storeys high with a railed basement and has three-bay elevations facing both Castle Street and George Street, all treated similarly. The exterior is finished in polished red ashlar with decorative architraves. Each elevation includes a central door topped with a bold consoled hood. The bay closest to the corner is slightly advanced and features bipartite windows, which are consoled except on the second floor, and has a parapet above. The ground and first floors are separated by string courses, and the openings are linked by shallow aprons. The building has sash windows; the bipartite windows are made of plate glass, while the single windows primarily feature a 12-pane glazing pattern. Additional architectural elements include an eaves course, a cornice, and distinctive stacks with ranks of square flues, all topped with a slate roof.
Local climate
39 Castle 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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