5-7 Bank Street, Dumfries is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. House.

5-7 Bank Street, Dumfries

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
House
OS grid reference
NX 971 760
Coordinates
55.06781, -3.61246
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

5-7 Bank Street in Dumfries is a mid-18th century, three-storey house that was formerly the home of the poet Robert Burns. Originally, the building had three bays, but two additional bays were added to the left side, likely in the late 18th century. The exterior is harled with rendered margins, and there are shops at the ground level. The upper floors feature plate glass sash windows throughout. A commemorative marble wall plaque and a modern sign are present on the building. It has end stacks and a slate roof.

Local climate

5-7 Bank 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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