62 Argyle Square, Wick is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 April 1971. 1 related planning application.
62 Argyle Square, Wick
- WRENN ID
- plain-hearth-fern
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1971
- Address
- 62 Argyle Square, Wick, KW1 5AJ
- OS grid reference
- ND 366 504
- Coordinates
- 58.43776, -3.08666
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
63 Argyle Square is a semi-detached house built around 1840. It is a two-storey, two-and-a-half-bay structure with a rectangular plan and a gabled roof, facing west onto Argyle Square. The exterior is made of coursed Caithness stone slabs and features regular window arrangements on the front, while the rear has an irregular layout.
For No. 62, the principal elevation has a door on the right, a blocked pend in the center, and a window on the outer right that is shared with No. 63. The northwest side elevation has a blind gable end.
For No. 63, the principal elevation has a door on the left and a window on the outer left that is shared with No. 62. The southeast side elevation also has a blind gable end.
The interiors were not seen in 2001. The houses feature plate glass sash and case windows, grey slate roofs with lead flashing, coped gable stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods.
Local climate
62 Argyle Square, Wick receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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