Freswick Mains is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 November 1984. Steading.
Freswick Mains
- WRENN ID
- eternal-moulding-smoke
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1984
- Type
- Steading
- OS grid reference
- ND 378 670
- Coordinates
- 58.58709, -3.07099
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Freswick Mains is a large U-plan steading range dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of rubble with tooled rubble dressings. The steading features a long crow-stepped barn with extensive elevations on the east and west sides, which closes off the east side of the court from the sea. At the north gable, it is connected to Freswick House by a long, coped rubble wall. There is a later addition of a wheel that is sheltered by a lean-to wheelhouse at the east gable, served by a lade running along the east side of the wall. The north and south ranges include byres, former stables, and a cart bay. The roofs are mainly covered with Caithness slate, although some areas use corrugated iron. The west side of the court is enclosed by a high coped rubble wall, which extends along the lane to link the steading with the west side of Freswick House.
Local climate
Freswick Mains 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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