1 Shandwick Street, Tain is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
1 Shandwick Street, Tain
- WRENN ID
- western-string-violet
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1 Shandwick Street, Tain, IV19 1BQ
- OS grid reference
- NH 782 819
- Coordinates
- 57.81032, -4.05131
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
1 Shandwick Street in Tain is an earlier 19th century cottage that features a single storey and an attic above a raised basement, with a total of three bays. The exterior is constructed of coursed rubble with painted margins. The central entrance consists of a panelled double-leaf door, which is accessed by a flight of steps from the pavement. The cottage has two piended dormers that retain their original six-pane glazing, along with an end stack and a slate roof.
Local climate
1 Shandwick 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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