Northern Barn, Mains Of Applecross, Applecross is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. Barn.
Northern Barn, Mains Of Applecross, Applecross
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- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1983
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- NG 711 442
- Coordinates
- 57.43116, -5.81344
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Northern Barn at Mains of Applecross is a pair of hay and threshing barns dating from the late 18th century. Both barns are oriented north to south, with the northern barn possibly being the older of the two. They are constructed of coursed drystone with square rubble, featuring low walls that have a noticeable external batter. The barns include wide wall vents that are filled with rough vertical half-cut staves, which have replaced the original wattling. Each barn has central doorways and piended roofs.
The northern barn measures 55 feet by 19 feet and has a wallhead height of 5 feet 6 inches, topped with a corrugated iron roof. Inside, there is a modern silage pit that takes up part of the floor space. The southern barn is larger, measuring 62 feet 6 inches by 19 feet, with a wallhead height of 6 feet 9 inches and a thatched roof over felt. This barn features a cemented floor.
Local climate
Northern Barn, Mains Of Applecross, Applecross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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