1 Tower Street, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 November 1995. Office. 2 related planning applications.
1 Tower Street, Tain
- WRENN ID
- lunar-casement-wagtail
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1995
- Type
- Office
- Address
- 1 Tower Street, Tain, IV19 1DY
- OS grid reference
- NH 778 822
- Coordinates
- 57.81314, -4.05718
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
1 Tower Street in Tain was built as the architect's office of Andrew Maitland, who passed away in 1894. It was likely constructed in the 1870s. This cottage-sized building showcases Maitland's unique picturesque style, featuring decorative barge-boards and timber-framed, painted walls. The roof is slated with deep eaves and red ridge-tiles. The street front has three bays and a prominent central entrance gable, with decorative elements extending into the gables. The plinth, central axial stack, and part of the rear outshot are all made of stone.
Local climate
1 Tower 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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- 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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