114-116 Friars Vennel, Dumfries is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1981. Building. 2 related planning applications.
114-116 Friars Vennel, Dumfries
- WRENN ID
- inner-pier-merlin
- 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
- Building
- Address
- 114-116 Friars Vennel, Dumfries, DG1 2RE
- OS grid reference
- NX 971 762
- Coordinates
- 55.06971, -3.61238
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
114-116 Friars Vennel in Dumfries is a late 19th century, three-storey framed building. It features red sandstone faced pilasters and bays made of timber and glass. The building has five bays, with transomed canted oriels on the first floor that include panelled friezes. The second floor has twin-arched mullioned and transomed windows. The ground floor has been modernized for a shop. The building has straight skews, end stacks, and three skylights, all topped with a slate roof.
Local climate
114-116 Friars Vennel, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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