23 Buccleuch Street, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Tenement.

23 Buccleuch Street, Dumfries

WRENN ID
far-grate-spindle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1981
Type
Tenement
OS grid reference
NX 969 762
Coordinates
55.06959, -3.61596
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

23 Buccleuch Street is a three-storey corner tenement building from the earlier to mid-19th century, featuring shops on the ground floor. It has five bays facing Buccleuch Street, three bays on Charlotte Street, and a single bay at the canted angle. The building is constructed of red ashlar stone, with a channelled finish at the ground level. There are cill bands at both the first and second floors, and the sash windows predominantly have a 12-pane glazing pattern. Additional architectural details include an eaves and lintel band, a cornice, and corniced stacks at the ends and wall heads, topped with a slate roof.

Local climate

23 Buccleuch 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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