Lybster Quatre Bras ' 4 2-bay dwellings, accessed from A99 is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 November 1984.

Lybster Quatre Bras ' 4 2-bay dwellings, accessed from A99

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 November 1984
OS grid reference
ND 247 362
Coordinates
58.30824, -3.28532
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

These are a group of mid-19th century dwellings located at the corner of Wick Road (A9) and Main Street in Lybster. The property, known as Lybster Quatre Bras, comprises several distinct ranges of buildings.

The main element is a tall, two-storey and attic terrace of four two-bay dwellings, with four canted bay windows facing west onto Main Street. A further four two-bay, two-storey and attic dwellings return to Wick Road, creating a four-bay frontage. The southern gable of the Main Street range abuts closely. A slightly later range of two two-storey, four-bay dwellings connects to this, one of which incorporates paired shop windows on the ground floor. Each house features three gabled dormers with finials projecting from the roofline. Original 12-pane glazing remains in some windows, and long, narrow stair windows are visible at the rear. The roofs are slate-covered, with chimneys positioned along the ridge and ends of the buildings.

A mid-19th century row of single-story service cottages runs alongside the A9, with its north gable facing the road. This row is seven bays wide, with two doorways. A large garage door is set into the southern bay. The cottages are constructed of rubble with slate roofing, and have end and ridge chimneys.

The slightly later two-storey, four-bay range on the corner site does not appear on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1871.

Local climate

Lybster Quatre Bras ' 4 2-bay dwellings, accessed from A99 receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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