17-21 Friars Vennel, Dumfries is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 August 1987. Commercial, residential. 3 related planning applications.
17-21 Friars Vennel, Dumfries
- WRENN ID
- tenth-hearth-swallow
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1987
- Type
- Commercial, residential
- Address
- 17-21 Friars Vennel, Dumfries, DG1 2RQ
- OS grid reference
- NX 969 761
- Coordinates
- 55.06886, -3.61454
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
17-21 Friars Vennel in Dumfries is a building likely dating from around 1820, with some alterations made, particularly to the upper floors which were renovated around 1984. The structure has three storeys and an attic, featuring four bays. The exterior is finished in painted droved ashlar, with projecting cills, while the gables and rear elevation are pebble-dashed. The ground floor has pilastered shop fronts, although these are partly obscured by modern fascia boards beneath the cornice. The first-floor sash windows have 12-pane glazing, with modern glazing above. The rear wings of the shop have been built up to create a patio, with an entrance to the upper floors located above this area. There are box dormers on both long elevations. The building has end stacks and a slate roof.
Local climate
17-21 Friars Vennel, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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