43 Whitesands, Dumfries is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 August 1987. House. 1 related planning application.

43 Whitesands, Dumfries

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
21 August 1987
Type
House
Address
43 Whitesands, Dumfries, DG1 2RS
OS grid reference
NX 970 760
Coordinates
55.06816, -3.61383
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

43 Whitesands in Dumfries is a late 18th-century building featuring three storeys and three bays. The structure is constructed from painted snecked, stugged, and squared rubble, with ashlar dressings. It has a cornice above the ground floor, where a central door is flanked by shop windows. The first floor has plate glass sash windows, while the upper floor contains square sash windows with a vertical six-pane glazing pattern, although one of the inner windows is blind. The building has cut-down end stacks and a slate roof.

Local climate

43 Whitesands, 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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