The Trades Hall, 16, 17 Queensberry Square, Dumfries is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 July 1961. Trades hall. 2 related planning applications.
The Trades Hall, 16, 17 Queensberry Square, Dumfries
- WRENN ID
- winter-cinder-pigeon
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1961
- Type
- Trades hall
- OS grid reference
- NX 972 761
- Coordinates
- 55.06901, -3.61056
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Trades Hall, located at 16 and 17 Queensberry Square in Dumfries, is a freestanding building designed by Thomas Boyd in 1804. This Classical structure features a rectangular plan and stands three storeys tall. The ground floor was originally open with arcades, which were filled in 1847 and now accommodate shops. The exterior is finished in painted ashlar, with droved stone above the ground level and decorative architraves.
The principal (north) elevation has five bays, with the inner three bays being more prominent and topped with a pediment that displays the date in the tympanum. The main doorway is centrally located, and the first-floor windows are corniced, with the central window featuring a consoled pediment. The sash windows have a 12-pane glazing pattern on the first floor, while most other windows have had their glazing bars removed. The west flank has three bays, with a central tripartite window that is corniced and has columned mullions at the first floor. The roof is piended and platformed, made of slate and lead, with flues gathered into a large central stack.
Inside, the Trades Hall features some decorative cornice plasterwork, panelled doors within architraves, and a well-preserved original chimneypiece adorned with husked garlands.
Local climate
The Trades Hall, 16, 17 Queensberry Square, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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