72 Main Street, Isle Of Whithorn is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. House.

72 Main Street, Isle Of Whithorn

WRENN ID
dusted-entrance-curlew
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
House
OS grid reference
NX 478 364
Coordinates
54.69961, -4.36221
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building at 72 Main Street in Isle of Whithorn consists of a pair of late 18th century, two-storey and attic, two-bay houses. Number 72 is constructed of painted rubble, while number 74 is harled. Both houses feature painted raised margins, with number 72 also having raised painted angles. Number 74 is slightly lower than number 72.

To the right, the doorway of number 72 includes a fanlight, and there is a small oculus window at the extreme right. The windows are single light, with number 74 having sash and case windows with 12-pane glazing, while number 72 has modern pivot, two-pane, plate glass windows. Both houses have raised basecourses, and number 72 features an eaves band.

The end skews are present, along with coped end stacks topped with thackstanes, a sandstone ridge, and slate roofs. Both houses also have small modern three-light box dormers.

Local climate

72 Main Street, Isle Of 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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