West Deanery, Castle Street, Dornoch is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 March 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

West Deanery, Castle Street, Dornoch

WRENN ID
final-merlon-acorn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 March 1984
Type
House
OS grid reference
NH 796 896
Coordinates
57.88039, -4.03147
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

West Deanery is an early 19th century, two-storey, three-bay house featuring a central door. There is a slightly lower two-storey, single bay extension on the west gable, which has a modern projecting porch that covers the side entrance. The building is constructed of random rubble with heavy cement pointing and ashlar margins, with some harling at the rear. It has 12-pane glazing and multi-pane glazing on the central door, along with a corniced stack and a slate roof. Additionally, there is a low coped dressed rubble retaining wall with spearhead cast-iron railings.

Local climate

West Deanery, Castle Street, Dornoch receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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