The Roundhouse, 1, 2 Harbour Place, Wick is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 April 1971. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Roundhouse, 1, 2 Harbour Place, Wick
- WRENN ID
- brooding-thatch-blackthorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Roundhouse, 1, 2 Harbour Place, Wick, KW1 5EZ
- OS grid reference
- ND 366 506
- Coordinates
- 58.43934, -3.08623
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Roundhouse, located at 1 and 2 Harbour Place in Wick, was designed by Thomas Telford in 1807. This two-storey, three-bay house has a rectangular plan and features overhanging eaves that connect the bowed outer bays. The exterior is finished with harled, coursed Caithness stone slabs and has a piended roof with a chimney stack at the ridge, which has been reduced in height.
On the north elevation facing Harbour Quay, there is a timber panelled door at the centre, flanked by the advanced, bowed bays and regular window arrangement. The south elevation, or rear, has irregular fenestration and includes a single-storey out-house with a piended roof that abuts the centre right. Both the east and west side elevations consist of two bays with regular fenestration.
The interior details were not observed in 2001. The building features 12-pane sash and case windows, a roof covered with grey slates and lead flashing, and a long central ridge stack, which has been lowered since the building was listed. It also includes cast-iron rainwater goods.
Local climate
The Roundhouse, 1, 2 Harbour Place, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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