Assembly Rooms, 54-56 George Street, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Assembly rooms, masonic lodge.

Assembly Rooms, 54-56 George Street, Dumfries

WRENN ID
quartered-flue-birch
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
Assembly rooms, masonic lodge
OS grid reference
NX 970 763
Coordinates
55.07123, -3.61317
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Assembly Rooms, located at 54-56 George Street in Dumfries, were built in 1825 and feature joinerwork by Gregan and Creighton. This building is designed in the Greek Revival style and now serves as a Masonic Lodge. It is a two-storey structure with a railed basement and consists of five symmetrical bays. The exterior is finished in polished red ashlar with decorative architraves.

A balustraded Doric porch with paired columns enhances the entrance, while the end bays are slightly advanced and feature balustraded aprons on the first floor. The ground floor windows are corniced, and there are band and cill courses between the floors. The building also has a two-bay return elevation facing Irving Street, a prominent cornice, and a blocking course at the top. There are stacks at each end, and the roof is covered with slate.

Local climate

Assembly Rooms, 54-56 George 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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