Old Calder is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 November 1984.
Old Calder
- WRENN ID
- eastward-sill-russet
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1984
- OS grid reference
- ND 095 598
- Coordinates
- 58.51744, -3.55528
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Calder is an early 19th century single-story, long range building originally used as a steading, situated at Calder Mains Steading Manse. It has a seven-bay front elevation facing east towards a lane. The central bay features a tall, basket-arched cart bay, flanked on either side by paired cart bays with similar arches. A stable door and window are located on the left side. Five symmetrical, rectangular vents provide access to the loft space. A forestair is located at the south gable, leading to the loft entrance. Chimneys are set at each end of the building, and the roof is covered with Caithness slate. The building is constructed of rubble with dressed rubble detailing.
Local climate
Old Calder sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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 0.3°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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