129 George Street, Whithorn is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

129 George Street, Whithorn

WRENN ID
unlit-newel-bistre
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
Cottage
Address
129 George Street, Whithorn, DG8 8PZ
OS grid reference
NX 444 400
Coordinates
54.73095, -4.41765
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

129 George Street in Whithorn is an early 19th-century single-storey cottage with three bays. The exterior is made of painted rubble with raised painted margins. It features a central recessed modern door, which is flanked by single-light windows. The windows are sash and case with four-pane glazing. The cottage has skews to the right, coped end stacks, and a slate roof.

Local climate

129 George Street, Whithorn 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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