Rivendell, Kiltarlity is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Rivendell, Kiltarlity
- WRENN ID
- hollow-stair-juniper
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NH 507 415
- Coordinates
- 57.43967, -4.48764
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Rivendell, originally known as the Old Manse, is a two-storey, three-bay dwelling built in 1838, facing north. It was constructed in front of an earlier house, dating back to the 18th century, which still exists and features a projecting stairwell at the rear. The front of the building is constructed of coursed rubble with tooled ashlar dressings, while the rear block has a harled finish, also with tooled ashlar dressings.
A square porch, concealing the centre door, has a round-headed entrance, chamfered angles, a wallheaded cornice, and a blocking course. Deep, tooled, chamfered margins highlight all the front windows and the doorway; the upper-floor windows are smaller than those on the ground floor. The front windows have 16-pane glazing with thicker, central wooden mullions within the sash windows. The rear block windows have 12 panes of glass. Two dormers have been added later.
The front block has paired, square, ashlar end stacks set diagonally, while the rear has simpler, coped end stacks. The building is roofed with slate. A single-storey wing is attached at a right angle to the west gable, which was altered in 1983 with the addition of a canted bay, glazed sunroom projecting from the south gable. The building was formerly a Church of Scotland manse and is referenced in the New Statistical Account of 1841.
Local climate
Rivendell, Kiltarlity 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 44 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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