Barrock House is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 November 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Barrock House
- WRENN ID
- bitter-attic-heron
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Barrock House, KW1 4UE
- OS grid reference
- ND 284 626
- Coordinates
- 58.54622, -3.23085
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Barrock House is primarily a mid to late 19th century building that incorporates elements from various periods, including a small harled late 18th century dwelling at the rear. The exterior features coursed rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. The main southeast frontage is asymmetrical, consisting of a lower L-plan block on the right with a swept dormer, and a taller central two-bay section with a full-height canted bay on the right. This is connected to the recessed gable end of the southwest-facing block by a crowstepped gabled bay. A porch is located in the re-entrant angle formed at the south, featuring a re-set coat of arms above the door.
The windows mainly consist of 8- and 12-pane glazing, with some featuring heavy moulded wood mullions. The building has tall ashlar coped stacks with diamond flues, arranged either singly or in groups of two or three, and crowsteps adorn the gables and most dormer heads, all under slate roofs. At the rear, there is a small late 18th century, two-storey, three-bay dwelling linked to the main house by a mock timber-framed passage.
Inside, the house retains original later 19th century fittings, including a panelled hall and a chimney piece flanked by fluted Corinthian pilasters. The drawing room features Gothic detailing on the delicately carved chimney piece.
Local climate
Barrock House 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 1 application
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