62 High Street, Kirkcudbright is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1967. House.

62 High Street, Kirkcudbright

WRENN ID
forgotten-mortar-torch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1967
Type
House
OS grid reference
NX 680 508
Coordinates
54.83535, -4.05556
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a house located at 62 High Street in Kirkcudbright, dating from the late 17th to early 18th century, with later additions and alterations. The gable end facing the street is harled with painted margins, while the rear is built from rubble. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring four unequal bays, along with a lower single storey and attic range with a store at the southern end. There is an early 19th century door with a lozenge fanlight in the gable end, and off-centre windows on each floor. The northern section of the close includes one blocked door and small deep-set windows. The roofs are covered with slate throughout.

Local climate

62 High Street, Kirkcudbright sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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