Bank Of Scotland, 63 High Street, Sanquhar is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Bank. 5 related planning applications.
Bank Of Scotland, 63 High Street, Sanquhar
- WRENN ID
- odd-ember-wax
- 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
- Bank
- Address
- Bank Of Scotland, 63 High Street, Sanquhar, DG4 6DT
- OS grid reference
- NS 782 098
- Coordinates
- 55.36741, -3.92247
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bank of Scotland, located at 63 High Street in Sanquhar, is an earlier 19th-century classical bank that is set back from the street. It features two storeys and five bays, constructed of droved ashlar with painted dressings. The central entrance has a modern door with a fanlight, which is sheltered by an Ionic portico. The building includes plate-glass sash windows with projecting cills, a cornice, a blocking course, and end stacks. The roof is double-pitched and has a low piended slate covering. At the rear, there is a plain addition. The property is enclosed by spear-headed iron railings on low coping, with gates set in recessed low flanking screens.
Local climate
Bank Of Scotland, 63 High Street, Sanquhar sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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 — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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