Balfreish is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 November 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
Balfreish
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-landing-sable
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Balfreish, IV12 5XY
- OS grid reference
- NH 798 471
- Coordinates
- 57.49814, -4.00729
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Balfreish is a house dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. It is two storeys high with a three-bay southeast front and features a central door. The exterior is finished with harled pointed rubble and has tooled ashlar dressings. There is a single-storey, two-bay wing at the southwest gable and a much extended single-storey wing at the northeast gable. The front has symmetrical fenestration with 12-pane glazing in the central block and in the outer bays of the rear, which also has small off-centre windows on both the ground and first floors. The side wings have modern enlarged windows, and there is a further modern extension at the southwest. The house has end stacks and slate roofs.
Local climate
Balfreish 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 lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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