30-36 Friars Vennel, Dumfries is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 August 1987. Shop.
30-36 Friars Vennel, Dumfries
- WRENN ID
- distant-ember-juniper
- 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
- Shop
- Address
- 30-36 Friars Vennel, Dumfries, DG1 2RQ
- OS grid reference
- NX 970 761
- Coordinates
- 55.06889, -3.61413
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
30-36 Friars Vennel in Dumfries consists of two buildings that have been combined into one shop. The eastern part, which is number 36, was likely built around 1820 and features a two-storey, three-bay design. The western part, comprising numbers 30 and 32, was constructed in the mid-19th century and follows a similar architectural style.
The elevation facing Friars Vennel is made of painted droved ashlar and includes projecting cills. There is a corniced segmental-arched pediment on the right, while the rest of the cornice has been removed and replaced with a continuous modern fascia and shop windows on the ground floor. Above, there are single windows that all have modern glazing.
The westmost gable is built of yellow brick, and the eastmost gable is buttressed by a fragment of number 38, which used to be attached. The buildings have end stacks and slate roofs.
Local climate
30-36 Friars Vennel, 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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