Auchencairn, 29 Main Street is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Terrace.
Auchencairn, 29 Main Street
- WRENN ID
- scattered-facade-mallow
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- Type
- Terrace
- OS grid reference
- NX 798 514
- Coordinates
- 54.84298, -3.87311
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Auchencairn, located at 29 Main Street, is a late 18th century building that features a two-storey structure over a basement. The elevation facing Main Street has two bays, with the entrance door positioned to the right, while the elevation to Wellwood Terrace has three bays. The building at 2 Wellwood Terrace also has a three-bay elevation, which includes a forestair leading to a central doorway. This doorway has a modern glazed door accompanied by a narrow fanlight. The windows throughout the building are single light sash and case, with various types of glazing; most of the windows on 29 Main Street are modern, while the others are either plate glass or consist of 12 panes. The roofs are slate, featuring coped end and axial stacks.
Local climate
Auchencairn, 29 Main Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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