Gilleasbuig House, 16 And 18 Tower Street, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982. Shop. 1 related planning application.

Gilleasbuig House, 16 And 18 Tower Street, Tain

WRENN ID
sheer-bonework-pigeon
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
Shop
OS grid reference
NH 779 821
Coordinates
57.81236, -4.05549
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gilleasbuig House, located at 16 and 18 Tower Street in Tain, dates from around 1860. This two-storey and attic building features a symmetrical design with three bays, serving as a pair of shops with a dwelling above. The exterior is finished in painted ashlar. The ground floor has two doors and three windows, each with panelled aprons. The first floor showcases architraved windows with bracketed cills. A cornice and die parapet are topped with three out of four urn-type finials. Additionally, there are three original piended dormers and corniced end stacks.

Local climate

Gilleasbuig House, 16 And 18 Tower Street, 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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