2 Church Road, Sanquhar is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. House.

2 Church Road, Sanquhar

WRENN ID
twisted-jamb-thrush
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
House
OS grid reference
NS 780 099
Coordinates
55.36823, -3.92522
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 2 Church Road in Sanquhar, dates back to the mid-18th century. It is two storeys high and has five bays. The exterior is made of coursed, squared rubble with ashlar margins. There is a wide central doorway, although the windows are now blocked or boarded. The building features straight skews and corniced end stacks, topped with a slate roof. The rear elevation also has five bays and includes a central door.

Local climate

2 Church Road, 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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