Red Lion Inn, 4 North Main Street, Wigtown is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Inn. 2 related planning applications.

Red Lion Inn, 4 North Main Street, Wigtown

WRENN ID
north-gable-reed
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
Inn
Address
Red Lion Inn, 4 North Main Street, Wigtown, DG8 9HN
OS grid reference
NX 433 554
Coordinates
54.86889, -4.44226
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Red Lion Inn, located at 4 North Main Street in Wigtown, is an early 19th-century building that was originally a house. It is two stories high and has three bays. The exterior is made of painted rubble with ashlar dressings. The entrance door is located at the center and is modern, with windows on either side at the ground floor and above in each bay on the first floor. There is a pend entrance to the outer left. The windows feature a plate glass glazing pattern in sash and case style. The roof is covered with purple slates and has a stack on the left side, along with a zinc ridge and cast-iron rainwater goods. Additionally, there is a two-storey rear wing.

Local climate

Red Lion Inn, 4 North Main Street, Wigtown sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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