16-20 Reform Street, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 February 1965. 3 related planning applications.

16-20 Reform Street, Dundee

WRENN ID
other-hearth-larch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 February 1965
Address
16-20 Reform Street, Dundee, DD1 1RG
OS grid reference
NO 402 302
Coordinates
56.46092, -2.97092
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

26 and 28 Reform Street in Dundee is a three-storey building designed by George Angus in 1832, based on plans by William Burn from 1824. This classically detailed block consists of shops, offices, and flats arranged in two sections with nine symmetrical bays, contributing to the mostly unified appearance of Reform Street. The exterior features painted ashlar and a concealed slate roof.

The ground floor has shopfronts that were originally pilastered and balustraded, although most have been altered. The balustrade remains only at the doorpiece of Nos 16-24 and at the shopfronts of Nos 26 and 28. There is a cill band at the second floor and a dentilled, corniced balustraded parapet, which has been replaced by an incongruous attic storey at Nos 30 and 32. The first-floor windows are architraved, while the second-floor windows are plain. The original window design featured a 12-pane timber sash and case glazing pattern, but most have been changed to a 2-pane style.

The central bay of each section features a doorpiece with fluted Ionic columns in antis, although the columns have been removed from Nos 26-32. The building also has corniced axial stacks. Inside, No 16 boasts fine plasterwork with a domed interior.

Local climate

16-20 Reform Street, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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