53 George Street And Whithorn Priory Gateway, Whithorn is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. House.

53 George Street And Whithorn Priory Gateway, Whithorn

WRENN ID
tenth-obsidian-aspen
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
House
OS grid reference
NX 445 402
Coordinates
54.73314, -4.41581
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

53 George Street is a later 18th century, two-storey, irregular three-bay house located in Whithorn. The exterior features painted harled walling with a door positioned to the right. To the left, there are two single light windows, while the first floor has two windows that are smaller and fitted with plate glass glazing. The ground floor windows have 12-pane glazing. A tall coped stack with a thackstane is situated to the right, and the building has slate roofs.

The pend features a wide-arched opening supported by clustered nook shafts that have moulded bases and caps. This area displays the heraldic achievement of the Vaus family, from which the arch springs. Above the arch, two windows from the adjoining dwelling house (No 55) flank a heraldic panel that showcases the Royal Arms of Scotland.

Local climate

53 George Street And Whithorn Priory Gateway, 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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