Aa Sentry Box (No 746), Loch Allan, Dava is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 June 2003. Sentry box.
Aa Sentry Box (No 746), Loch Allan, Dava
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-attic-lichen
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 June 2003
- Type
- Sentry box
- OS grid reference
- NJ 004 387
- Coordinates
- 57.42851, -3.65971
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Sentry Box (No 746) at Loch Allan in Dava was built between 1956 and 1967, with later refurbishments. It has a square plan and is constructed from timber boarding, measuring approximately 2 metres by 0.75 metres by 0.75 metres. The roof is cross-gabled and clad in zinc, featuring a central ventilator, and it sits on a concrete base. The timber boarding is covered with black painted flush plywood, and there are rectangular panels on the sides inscribed with "BOX 746". A weathering fillet is positioned above the door, and yellow painted strips are located at each corner. The gablets are bargeboarded and display winged interlaced "AA" livery from the 1990s rebranding, flanked by backlit square name panels reading "LOCH ALLEN" on the left and "BOX" on the right on each face. Inside, the flooring is made of chipboard, there is a plastic-lined cupboard at the rear, and a 3-button telephone (disconnected since 2002) is located to the right.
Local climate
Aa Sentry Box (No 746), Loch Allan, Dava sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 50 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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