3 Ambrose Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee is a Grade C listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 October 1972.

3 Ambrose Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee

WRENN ID
sunken-terrace-heron
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 October 1972
Address
3 Ambrose Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, DD5 2BR
OS grid reference
NO 461 306
Coordinates
56.46509, -2.87549
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dated 1811, 3 Ambrose Street is a single-storey, three-bay cottage located in Broughty Ferry, Dundee. The cottage is constructed of coursed and random rubble masonry with long and short dressings, and has a slate roof with brick stacks. The front elevation features a central door with a plain transom light, the lintel inscribed with the date '1811'. It has twelve-pane sash and case windows with advanced cills. The roof features coped skews, with concrete sections at the north side, and an anchor motif at the right skewputt. There are coped gable stacks and an off-centre attic window in the north gable, alongside two modern skylights. A uPVC rainwater goods system is visible on the eastern elevation. A freestanding gatepier stands to the right.

Local climate

3 Ambrose Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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