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

73 George Street, Whithorn

WRENN ID
riven-hearth-vale
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Address
73 George Street, Whithorn, DG8 8NU
OS grid reference
NX 445 401
Coordinates
54.73258, -4.41618
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

71 George Street in Whithorn is a late 18th century, two-storey, three-bay house. The ground floor features four irregular openings, including a former shop window on the left. The exterior has modern roughcast walling with painted raised margins and a basecourse.

The entrance is off-centre and includes a fanlight above the door, which leads to a glazed vestibule door. To the extreme left, there is a pend door flanked by single light windows. The first floor has three single light windows, and there are two-storey and single-storey extensions at the rear.

All the windows are sash and case style with plate glass glazing. The building is equipped with cast-iron rainwater goods and has a slate roof.

Local climate

73 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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