Palmerston House, 42 Terregles Street, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Villa. 1 related planning application.

Palmerston House, 42 Terregles Street, Dumfries

WRENN ID
keen-transept-moth
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
Villa
OS grid reference
NX 964 761
Coordinates
55.06916, -3.62249
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Palmerston House is an early 19th century, two-storey, three-bay villa located at 42 Terregles Street in Dumfries. The inner bay is slightly advanced but remains below the eaves. The central entrance features a panelled door, a traceried fanlight, and lancet sidelights, all set back beneath a wide, depressed arch. The exterior is constructed of droved red ashlar with polished dressings and projecting cills. It includes plate glass sash windows, an eaves and lintel course, a cornice, straight skews, and end stacks, topped with a slate roof. The house is set behind a low garden wall, which is complemented by squat, rusticated square piers topped with plain capping blocks. Modern iron gates and railings complete the entrance.

Local climate

Palmerston House, 42 Terregles Street, 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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