47 High Street, Biggar is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. House.

47 High Street, Biggar

WRENN ID
endless-cellar-pearl
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
Type
House
Address
47 High Street, Biggar, ML12 6DA
OS grid reference
NT 039 376
Coordinates
55.62337, -3.52622
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

47 High Street in Biggar is a building dating from the late 17th or early 18th century. It has two storeys and is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings. The slate roof features a four-window front and a central chimney with a gablet that includes a single light window, as well as skews and rolled skew putts. The west gable displays similar detailing and has a large stack. At the rear, there is a square stair turret located at the angle with number 51.

Local climate

47 High Street, Biggar sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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