48 Main Street, Kirkcolm is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 February 1994. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
48 Main Street, Kirkcolm
- WRENN ID
- tired-storey-marsh
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1994
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NX 029 687
- Coordinates
- 54.97394, -5.08053
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
48 Main Street in Kirkcolm is a single-storey, four-bay cottage that dates from the earlier to mid-19th century and is part of a terrace. The exterior is dry-dashed with margins.
On the east elevation facing Main Street, there is a door located in the bay to the right of the centre, with windows in the remaining bays. The south elevation is adjoined to No 44 Main Street, while the north elevation is connected to the taller building at No 50 Main Street.
The cottage features modern top-hopper glazing and has no chimneys. The roof is covered with small purple-grey slates.
Local climate
48 Main Street, Kirkcolm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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