Black Bull Hotel, Churchgate, Moffat is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Hotel. 1 related planning application.

Black Bull Hotel, Churchgate, Moffat

WRENN ID
woven-granite-hawthorn
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
Hotel
OS grid reference
NT 085 051
Coordinates
55.33178, -3.44379
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Black Bull Hotel, located on Churchgate in Moffat, likely dates from the 18th century and stands on the site of an earlier inn. The building has undergone significant alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features two storeys and an attic, with an asymmetrical six-bay front and an extensive 19th-century rear wing. The exterior is rendered with contrasting margins. The ground floor includes a pilastered doorpiece and five windows, one of which was formerly a door. The first floor has four windows with modern shutters. The gabled slated roof is equipped with two bipartite box dormers and end stacks.

Local climate

Black Bull Hotel, Churchgate, Moffat sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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