Town Hall, High Street, Lockerbie is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 October 1988. Town hall. 7 related planning applications.
Town Hall, High Street, Lockerbie
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-basalt-cream
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1988
- Type
- Town hall
- OS grid reference
- NY 136 816
- Coordinates
- 55.12165, -3.35485
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Town Hall on High Street in Lockerbie was originally designed by David Bryce in 1873, with construction starting after 1884 and including some modifications. This building features extravagant Scots Baronial ornamentation, highlighted by a tall square corner tower that has conical-roofed bartizans, balustrades, and clocks, all topped with a steep slate roof and an ogee-cupola. The structure is primarily built of red ashlar, which is mostly stugged and snecked, with polished dressings.
The main elevations are designed with an entrance bay next to the tower, featuring an ornately detailed main entrance on High Street that includes a moulded round-arched doorway with recessed columns and a parapet. There is a wide gabled bay beyond the entrance, with the elevation facing Bridge Street displaying asymmetrical corbel tables, while the High Street side has bartizans and a large mullioned and transomed window on the first floor. The ground floor features two shouldered wide panels with decorative three-light windows, and both sides have slated roofs.
A tall four-bay wing facing Bridge Street may not be part of the original design and could possibly be the hall added in 1889; it includes mullioned and transomed windows on the first floor and an advanced outer gable. The interior is of high quality, showcasing coffered plaster ceilings and a balustraded main staircase with an arcaded gallery above.
Local climate
Town Hall, High Street, Lockerbie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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