28 George Street, Whithorn is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Terraced house.

28 George Street, Whithorn

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1972
Type
Terraced house
Address
28 George Street, Whithorn, DG8 8NZ
OS grid reference
NX 446 402
Coordinates
54.7335, -4.41493
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

28 George Street in Whithorn is a late 18th century, two-storey, three-bay terraced house. The exterior is made of painted rubble with polished raised margins and dressings.

On the ground floor, there are close and house doorways to the right, with the house door featuring a well-crafted astragalled fanlight. All windows are set within raised margins and are sash and case style with plate glass glazing.

A band course runs above the ground floor and at the eaves, complemented by a moulded eaves cornice. The roof is covered with graded slate, and features sandstone ridges, skews, and skewputts, along with coped end stacks.

Local climate

28 George Street, Whithorn 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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