24 Ancaster Square, Callander is a Grade C listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 September 1979. House.

24 Ancaster Square, Callander

WRENN ID
blind-porch-curlew
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 September 1979
Type
House
Address
24 Ancaster Square, Callander, FK17 8BL
OS grid reference
NN 628 078
Coordinates
56.24336, -4.21511
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

24 Ancaster Square in Callander is a two-storey house with a rectangular plan, originally built in the late 18th century, specifically dated 1789. It is part of a row of similar houses that contribute to the streetscape and historical significance of the area, which was designed as the focal point of the planned town of Callander.

The northeast elevation faces the square, featuring a centrally located main door with a marriage lintel above, also dated 1789. To the left of the door is an inserted bi-partite window, while a modern shop front is situated to the right. The first floor has three evenly spaced windows positioned close to the eaves. The southeast gable is attached to 26 Ancaster Square, and the northwest elevation is blank.

At the rear, the southwest elevation includes a gabled outshot with a modern flat-roofed extension at the ground floor, located at the re-entrant angle. The first floor features a pair of small windows, likely from the early 19th century, also positioned at the re-entrant angle.

Inside, the ground floor has been modernized, but the low ceilings and thick walls provide evidence of the property's age, particularly noticeable in the opening to the rear extension. The first floor has noticeably higher coomed ceilings.

The exterior is finished with painted render, and there are painted stone margins around the openings. The house has a 20th-century timber glazed door, while the shop features a timber and glazed door. The windows are timber sash and case, with a plate glass display window for the shop. The roof is pitched with grey slate and has a northwest gable piended, along with a shared rendered ridge stack to the southeast and various cans.

Local climate

24 Ancaster Square, Callander sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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