84, 86 High Street, Sanquhar is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.

84, 86 High Street, Sanquhar

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Commercial building
Address
84, 86 High Street, Sanquhar, DG4 6DZ
OS grid reference
NS 782 097
Coordinates
55.36698, -3.92204
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 84 and 86 High Street in Sanquhar, dates from the mid-19th century and consists of a pair of two-storey, three-bay ranges. The ground floor features shops, while the upper floors contain houses, although the left side has been altered. The exterior is finished in painted ashlar. On the ground floor, there are pilasters that support a continuous entablature, along with panelled doors that have decorative fanlights. To the left, there is a corbelled oriel window on the first floor, while the other upper windows are plate glass sashes with projecting cills. The building is topped with a cornice, has straight skews, and features end and axial stacks, all beneath a slate roof.

Local climate

84, 86 High Street, Sanquhar 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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