Ardclach Bell Tower is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Bell tower.
Ardclach Bell Tower
- WRENN ID
- waning-wicket-root
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1971
- Type
- Bell tower
- OS grid reference
- NH 953 453
- Coordinates
- 57.48611, -3.74671
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ardclach Bell Tower, dated 1655, is a simple square, two-storey tower with a double-pitched roof. The exterior is harled with ashlar dressings. It features a low doorway on the southeast side and two small, irregular windows just below the eaves on the east elevation. The north gable has two small gun-loops, and there is a datestone in the center of the south gable along with one additional small gun-loop. At the apex of the south gable, there is a simple bellcote, and a stumpy corniced stack is located on the north side. The roof is covered with local slate and has a stone ridge.
Inside, the ground floor contains a vaulted chamber, and simple stone stairs lead up to the first-floor room. This room features a chimney piece in the north gable, which is adorned with the monogram MGB flanked by gun-loops.
Local climate
Ardclach Bell Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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