5-7 High Street, Stranraer is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 December 1979. House.

5-7 High Street, Stranraer

WRENN ID
muffled-joist-cream
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 December 1979
Type
House
OS grid reference
NX 058 608
Coordinates
54.90464, -5.0305
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

5-7 High Street in Stranraer is a 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan gabled house built in 1726. The exterior is finished with painted harl and features a base course, painted margins, and projecting cills.

The northern entrance elevation is gabled, with a central doorway that has a timber and glass door. Large shop windows are located on either side of the entrance, while the first floor has regular fenestration. The shop glazing on the ground floor is found on the outer left, while the outer right has timber boarding and small-pane glazing. The first floor is fitted with 4-pane timber sash and case windows. The roof is covered with grey slate and has a coped gablehead stack.

The interior was not seen in 1997.

Local climate

5-7 High Street, Stranraer sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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