Cone Kiln, Cawdor Estate, Cawdor is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 December 2016. Kiln.
Cone Kiln, Cawdor Estate, Cawdor
- WRENN ID
- first-chapel-merlin
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 December 2016
- Type
- Kiln
- OS grid reference
- NH 845 501
- Coordinates
- 57.52643, -3.92907
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Cone Kiln, located on the Cawdor Estate near Cawdor village, is a former seed-drying or 'cone' kiln built around 1931. This two-storey building has a square plan and is constructed of concrete with a white harl finish. It features a porch outshot on the east side and an external timber stair on the west side that leads to the upper loft floor. The roof is pyramidal, covered with slate, and topped with a louvered timber ventilator that has a slated pyramidal cap and a pointed finial. The doors are made of timber, and the fixed, multi-pane windows are arranged irregularly, all fitted with white metal frames. The building also has metal rainwater goods.
The interior was remodeled after repairs and a change of use in 1998, but the original two-room layout on the ground floor and the loft above remain intact.
Local climate
Cone Kiln, Cawdor Estate, Cawdor 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 lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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