12, 14 Church Crescent, Dumfries is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Terraced houses. 1 related planning application.

12, 14 Church Crescent, Dumfries

WRENN ID
south-vault-plover
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
Terraced houses
Address
12, 14 Church Crescent, Dumfries, DG1 1EW
OS grid reference
NX 971 762
Coordinates
55.07036, -3.61211
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

12 and 14 Church Crescent in Dumfries were built around 1830 and consist of two blocks arranged at an angle to follow the curve of the street. The buildings are three storeys high with attics and feature shops on the ground floor, which have fascias that extend to the first-floor cill course. The exterior is made of droved red ashlar stone. The windows are sash style, with plate glass on the first floor and a 12-pane glazing pattern on the second floor. There is a band course between the upper floors and a string course at the second-floor cill level. The buildings also have a single bipartite dormer and end stacks, topped with a slate roof.

Local climate

12, 14 Church Crescent, 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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