The Central Cafe, 17 George Street, Whithorn is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1993. Cafe, house.

The Central Cafe, 17 George Street, Whithorn

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1993
Type
Cafe, house
OS grid reference
NX 445 403
Coordinates
54.7339, -4.41519
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Central Cafe, located at 17 George Street in Whithorn, is a modest two-storey, three-bay house that dates back to the late 18th century, although it has been altered over time. The exterior features harled walling with raised painted margins and angles. The central entrance has a door with a fanlight above it, and there are enlarged modern plate glass windows flanking the door. On the first floor, there are two single light windows in the outer bays, which have modern aluminium top-hung windows. The building has a raised base course, an eaves band, and slate roofs. Additionally, there are rendered end stacks and two Velux rooflights.

Local climate

The Central Cafe, 17 George Street, 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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