The Black Stairs, Bank Row, Wick is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 2002. Stairs.

The Black Stairs, Bank Row, Wick

WRENN ID
young-ledge-equinox
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 February 2002
Type
Stairs
OS grid reference
ND 366 506
Coordinates
58.4393, -3.08712
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Black Stairs on Bank Row in Wick were designed by Thomas Telford and James Bremner around 1820. They feature a broad and steep flight of steps with long treads made of Caithness flagstone.

Local climate

The Black Stairs, Bank Row, Wick receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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