Stores For William Russel Ross, Shore Road, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982. Warehouse. 1 related planning application.
Stores For William Russel Ross, Shore Road, Tain
- WRENN ID
- graven-pilaster-spindle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1982
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Stores For William Russel Ross, Shore Road, Tain, IV19 1EH
- OS grid reference
- NH 779 824
- Coordinates
- 57.81516, -4.05661
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This building is a warehouse designed for William Russel Ross by Maitland and Sons in 1884. It is a three-storey, seven-bay structure made of coursed rubble with tooled dressings. The east elevation is symmetrical, featuring segmental-headed windows and vents arranged in vertically panelled bays. There is a central corbelled gabled head for the loft hoist, which is set under a round-headed arch. The north and south gables each have two bays, similarly styled with paired windows beneath round-headed panels. To the west, there are original asymmetrical outshots, including a central semi-circular recessed window bay with a segmental arched pend on the ground floor. The west side has modern glazing, and the building is topped with a slate roof and ball finials.
Local climate
Stores For William Russel Ross, Shore Road, Tain receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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