Royal Bank Of Scotland, 131-133 King Street, Castle Douglas is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Bank. 12 related planning applications.
Royal Bank Of Scotland, 131-133 King Street, Castle Douglas
- WRENN ID
- narrow-gable-shade
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Royal Bank Of Scotland, 131-133 King Street, Castle Douglas, DG7 1DB
- OS grid reference
- NX 764 623
- Coordinates
- 54.9402, -3.93019
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Royal Bank of Scotland, located at 131-133 King Street in Castle Douglas, was built in 1884 as the Commercial Bank of Scotland. This three-storey building features a central gable with a datestone marked 1884 and has an asymmetrical four-bay design, including a two-storey bay on the eastern flank.
The structure is constructed from rock-faced granite with broached quoins and has flat skew stones and skewputts, topped by a steeply pitched slate roof. The corniced end stacks have tall square cans, while the flanks and rear are made of granite monoliths with rubble.
On the ground floor, there are two depressed arch doors and one window, which was formerly a door. The remaining windows are square-headed, with one round-arched window above the central door. The windows consist of single light or tripartite sash and case designs with a plate-glass two-pane glazing pattern, some featuring lower sashes with a two-pane design on the first floor. The roofline is adorned with three asymmetrical gables, with the eastern gable displaying a figure of St Andrew in a mandorla.
Local climate
Royal Bank Of Scotland, 131-133 King Street, Castle Douglas sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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