Poyntzfield is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. House.
Poyntzfield
- WRENN ID
- little-portal-barley
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NH 710 642
- Coordinates
- 57.64971, -4.16203
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Poyntzfield is a building dated 1757, featuring a harled exterior with painted margins and a U-shaped plan. The principal block is three storeys high and has five bays, with windows arranged in a pattern of 2/1/2. It has a pediment supported by four heavy modillions that display the date at the center. The doorways at the second and fourth bays have lugged architrave doorpieces, although the second bay is now a window. The roof is piended and slated, with a pronounced bellcast.
At the rear of the principal block, there is an off-centre octagonal tower topped with an ogee-domed roof. The wings are low, two storeys tall, and consist of four bays, also with piended slated roofs. An addition to the east wing, dating from the late 18th century, is a drawing room with a canted east end located at the north end. There are various miscellaneous additions at the rear. The interior has been much altered but remains of interest.
Local climate
Poyntzfield sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 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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