Ballone Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. Castle. 2 related planning applications.
Ballone Castle
- WRENN ID
- seventh-foundation-sparrow
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Ballone Castle, IV20 1RD
- OS grid reference
- NH 928 837
- Coordinates
- 57.83022, -3.80544
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ballone Castle is a mid to late 16th century Z-plan castle featuring a square tower to the southwest and a circular drum-tower to the northeast. The castle has four storeys and is currently roofless, constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings, and retains some remnants of harling. The ground floor includes a round-headed entrance that is simply chamfered and located within a re-entrant. There are depressed corbelled bartizans at the southwest and southeast angles, as well as corbelled stair turrets at the northwest and northeast angles. A four-bay single storey vaulted wing projects south from the northeast drum-tower. The castle also features rectangular splayed gun-loops, small round shot-holes, and a small round-headed inlet for fresh water located at the rear.
Local climate
Ballone Castle receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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