Thor House, Cross Roads, Watten is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 August 1979. House. 1 related planning application.
Thor House, Cross Roads, Watten
- WRENN ID
- hushed-entrance-rush
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thor House, Cross Roads, Watten, KW1 5YL
- OS grid reference
- ND 241 544
- Coordinates
- 58.47127, -3.30182
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Thor House is an early 19th century, two-storey, symmetrical three-bay house, located prominently at Watten Crossroads. It features mid 19th century additions, including a single-storey, five-bay wing at the rear. The exterior is rendered and lined to resemble ashlar, with contrasting painted margins. The central door and the flanking windows are adorned with mid 19th century decorative lintels that have incised detailing.
The house has non-traditional doors and windows, which were formerly timber-framed sash and case with lying-pane glazing. The end stacks have been renewed. The main house has a slate roof, while the rear wing is covered with artificial slates.
The interior of the house has been largely refurbished.
Local climate
Thor House, Cross Roads, Watten receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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