East Cottage, Aberchalder is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 April 1986. Cottage.
East Cottage, Aberchalder
- WRENN ID
- frozen-rubblework-yew
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NH 346 040
- Coordinates
- 57.09727, -4.73072
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
East Cottage in Aberchalder dates from around 1900 and is a single-storey building featuring a wide three-bay range that comprises two dwellings. The exterior is finished with white harling and has contrasting brick dressings. The entrance to Railway Cottage is located in the west gable, while the entrance to Mo Dhachaidh is found in a single-bay weatherboarded extension on the east side. The windows have segmental heads, with bipartite designs in the outer bays, all showcasing pronounced brick long and short detailing, and are connected by band and cill courses. The upper sashes feature multi-pane glazing. The building has a deep base course, brick long and short angles, end stacks, and slate roofs with projecting eaves.
Local climate
East Cottage, Aberchalder sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 58 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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