Former Crichton School, Laurie's Wynd, Sanquhar is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Former school. 1 related planning application.

Former Crichton School, Laurie's Wynd, Sanquhar

WRENN ID
crumbling-string-meadow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Former school
OS grid reference
NS 782 099
Coordinates
55.36845, -3.92219
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The former Crichton School, built around 1840, is a single-storey building designed in a T-plan layout. It features a south elevation with five bays, while the flanks and rear wing each have two bays. The structure is constructed of grey stugged ashlar with polished dressings, and all windows are 24-pane sashes. The south elevation includes a central panelled two-leaf door topped by a decorative rectangular fanlight, framed by a Roman Doric-columned doorpiece. The building is capped with a piended roof, covered in graded slates.

Local climate

Former Crichton School, Laurie's Wynd, Sanquhar 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Former Crichton Schoolhouse, Laurie's Wynd, Sanquhar Grade B 29 m
  2. Post Office, 41 High Street, Sanquhar Grade B 115 m
  3. 39 High Street, Sanquhar Grade B 116 m
  4. Bank Of Scotland, 63 High Street, Sanquhar Grade B 117 m
  5. 35 and 37 High Street, Sanquhar Grade C 118 m
  6. 31 and 33 High Street, Sanquhar Grade C 120 m
  7. 27 and 29 High Street, Sanquhar Grade C 125 m
  8. E.U. Congregational Church, St Mary's Street, Sanquhar Grade C 141 m
  9. 38 and 40 High Street, Sanquhar Grade C 144 m
  10. 71 High Street, Sanquhar Grade B 150 m