Memorial To Harriet Duchess Of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 March 1971.

Memorial To Harriet Duchess Of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle

WRENN ID
open-joist-mallow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 March 1971
OS grid reference
NC 846 007
Coordinates
57.98082, -3.95148
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a memorial to Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, dated 1872 and located within the grounds of Dunrobin Castle. It comprises a tall, pinnacled Gothic tabernacle, constructed from polished ashlar. The memorial sits upon a high, square, buttressed plinth. A gabled, crocketted canopy with ornate Gothic detailing extends above the bust, which in turn rises to a tall, facetted spire featuring further Gothic ornamentation. The memorial contains a bronze bust of Duchess Harriet. Inscriptions around the base read: “Lady Harriet Howard Second Duchess of Sutherland, 1806-68”. The foundation stone was laid by Queen Victoria in 1872.

Local climate

Memorial To Harriet Duchess Of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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