The Brass Kettle, 61 High Street, Nairn is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 June 1976. House.

The Brass Kettle, 61 High Street, Nairn

WRENN ID
lapsed-truss-jackdaw
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 June 1976
Type
House
OS grid reference
NH 883 564
Coordinates
57.58458, -3.86848
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Brass Kettle is a mid to late 18th century, two-storey house with an attic, facing the street with a gable. It features three bays and a central door. The exterior is rendered and lined to resemble ashlar stone, with long and short quoins. There are two shop windows and the central door on the gable, along with two 12-pane sash windows on the first floor. The front facade has enlarged windows, and the central door is enhanced with a step-moulded architrave. The building includes one canted dormer and one large wallhead dormer, a gable stack, and a slate roof.

Local climate

The Brass Kettle, 61 High Street, Nairn receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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