Sun Inn, 74 Main Street, Douglas is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Inn. 1 related planning application.
Sun Inn, 74 Main Street, Douglas
- WRENN ID
- odd-corridor-tallow
- 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
- Inn
- OS grid reference
- NS 836 309
- Coordinates
- 55.55801, -3.84682
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Sun Inn, located at 74 Main Street in Douglas, dates back to 1621, as indicated on the rear lintel. This three-storey building features four bays and is rendered with roll-moulded architraves. The central entrance door is flanked by a low door and two windows on the right, with a single window to the left. The upper floors have sash windows that retain their original glazing pattern. The building is topped with crow-stepped gables, has end and ridge stacks, and is covered by a slate roof. At the rear, there is a stair tower. Inside, the ground floor includes a vaulted compartment.
Local climate
Sun Inn, 74 Main Street, Douglas sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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- 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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