The Binns, 412 Perth Road, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 July 1987. House.
The Binns, 412 Perth Road, Dundee
- WRENN ID
- quartered-brass-ebony
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dundee City
- Constituency
- Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1987
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NO 384 297
- Coordinates
- 56.45608, -3.00105
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Binns, located at 412 Perth Road in Dundee, is a building designed by James Black, dating from around 1830 to 1840. It features a single storey and a two-storey structure with a bowed south front and an unfluted Greek Doric doorway. The building was constructed after 1821 and includes a notable staircase, as well as a poorly maintained external basement cottage that is harled with painted ashlar margins.
The south elevation has three bays, with the entrance approached by steps situated between twin advanced gables. The building has broad eaves and a later set-back northwest wing that contains a single window without margins. The north elevation features three windows. The roof is a piended and gabled U-plan slate roof, adorned with four tall ashlar stacks along the slope. All ground floor windows are sash windows with 12 lying panes.
Local climate
The Binns, 412 Perth Road, 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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