5 High Street, Sanquhar is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 August 1987.

5 High Street, Sanquhar

WRENN ID
odd-timber-torch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 August 1987
OS grid reference
NS 781 099
Coordinates
55.3681, -3.92487
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

7 High Street in Sanquhar is a mid-18th century building that stands two storeys tall and features three bays. The exterior is pebble-dashed. The central door provides access, while the left bay houses Mary Millar's shop. The other windows are sash windows. The end stacks have been removed, and the building is topped with a slate roof.

Local climate

5 High Street, Sanquhar 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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