Barometer Cottage, 115 Fisher Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 October 1972. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Barometer Cottage, 115 Fisher Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee

WRENN ID
eastward-thatch-burdock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 October 1972
Type
Cottage
Address
Barometer Cottage, 115 Fisher Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, DD5 2BR
OS grid reference
NO 460 306
Coordinates
56.46511, -2.87687
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Barometer Cottage is a 2-storey, 3-bay cottage built in 1812, located at 115 Fisher Street in Broughty Ferry, Dundee. The cottage features rubble masonry with painted margins and is harled on the east gable, topped with a slate roof.

On the south elevation, there is a margined doorpiece at the center, flanked by 12-pane sash and case windows. An unusual stone barometer case, dated 1859, is also present. The elevation includes two modern skylights and a truncated and capped harled stack on the right side.

The east gable has a small window at the lower attic level on the right and a margined door leading to a later addition on the right side.

Local climate

Barometer Cottage, 115 Fisher Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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