Post Office and Warehouse, The Square, New Abbey is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 June 1986. Warehouse.
Post Office and Warehouse, The Square, New Abbey
- WRENN ID
- frozen-stone-onyx
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1986
- Type
- Warehouse
- OS grid reference
- NX 962 662
- Coordinates
- 54.98002, -3.62206
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Post Office and Warehouse in The Square, New Abbey, is a structure likely built in the second half of the 18th century, with later alterations in the 19th century that included the addition of a two-storey house and shop at the front. The tall four-storey and attic warehouse remains intact at the rear of the building.
The street-facing elevation is constructed from bull-faced white granite ashlar, featuring a mix of coursed and snecked stone, with contrasting red ashlar margins and dressings. It has three bays, with a central square-headed pend leading to the warehouse, a shop to the right that has bipartite windows above, and a house door with a ground floor window to the left. The building includes sash windows, most of which have four-pane glazing, and coped end stacks.
The warehouse itself is primarily built from white granite rubble and consists of two bays, with windows on each level, including small windows on the top floor, and doors incorporated into the design.
Local climate
Post Office and Warehouse, The Square, New Abbey sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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