Children's Centre, 1 Laurel Bank, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1993. Villa. 1 related planning application.
Children's Centre, 1 Laurel Bank, Dundee
- WRENN ID
- wild-mullion-honey
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dundee City
- Constituency
- Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1993
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Children's Centre, 1 Laurel Bank, Dundee, DD1 1JU
- OS grid reference
- NO 399 307
- Coordinates
- 56.46483, -2.97657
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Children's Centre at 1 Laurel Bank in Dundee is a detached villa designed by David MacKenzie around 1840. This two-storey building features a three by three-bay layout and is constructed of painted ashlar, with margined windows that are recessed at the ground floor. There is a later rubble-built extension to Laurel Bank, and the villa is situated prominently on a gusset site.
The west elevation has three bays and includes a central porch supported by columns with block capitals, topped with an entablature. To the right, there is a three-window bow. The main cornice adds to the architectural detail. The south elevation is symmetrical with three bays and features a central pedimented doorpiece, along with a main cornice.
The roofs are piended slate, with later dormers, including two canted ones. Tall coped stacks rise from the roofs. The original windows are sash and case with a 12-pane glazing pattern, while the bow features curved sashes. The addition has a 4-pane glazing pattern.
Low curved rubble-built boundary walls with square ashlar gatepiers enclose the property.
Local climate
Children's Centre, 1 Laurel Bank, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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