Mains Of Gorthleck is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. House.
Mains Of Gorthleck
- WRENN ID
- gentle-railing-acorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NH 548 214
- Coordinates
- 57.26024, -4.40793
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Mains Of Gorthleck is a house from the earlier to mid-18th century, featuring two storeys and an attic with a symmetrical design. It has five bays, with paired windows in the outer bays, and is entirely harled. The centre door on the south front is obscured by small modern windows, and there are three late 19th century gabled dormers. The first-floor windows at the front and rear have 12-pane glazing, while the glazing varies in other locations. The house has flat skews, end stacks, and a slate roof.
There is a single-storey, two-bay gabled wing at the east gable, and a three-bay L-plan single-storey wing at the west, which includes a modern box dormer. Inside, there is some fielded panelling that is likely original to the house but has been re-used, located in a recess in the ground floor room. The staircase features late 19th century turned balusters.
Local climate
Mains Of Gorthleck sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 71 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 54 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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