Thornton, Shore Road, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982. House.

Thornton, Shore Road, Tain

WRENN ID
distant-newel-wren
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 October 1982
Type
House
OS grid reference
NH 779 823
Coordinates
57.81362, -4.05667
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an earlier 19th century, two-storey house with an attic, featuring three bays and a central door. The building is constructed from coursed rubble with tooled ashlar dressings and has harled flanks. There is an eaves and lintel band that connects the first-floor windows, along with two piended dormers. The windows are two-pane sashes, and there is a stair window at the rear. The house has corniced and panelled end stacks, a slate roof, and a stone ridge. A modern outshot has been added to the rear.

The property is complemented by square tooled ashlar gate piers and a low coped retaining wall, which is topped with simple spearhead cast-iron railings.

Local climate

Thornton, Shore Road, Tain receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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