Knockbain House, Munlochy is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982.
Knockbain House, Munlochy
- WRENN ID
- kindled-foundation-furze
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1982
- OS grid reference
- NH 645 521
- Coordinates
- 57.53903, -4.26442
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Knockbain House is a large house dating to 1766, with significant repairs in 1791, alterations by George Rhind in 1842, and further additions and alterations by Alexander Ross in 1870. It is two storeys and has an attic, with three bays, a central doorway, and is constructed of red rubble stone with ashlar dressings. The central bay projects slightly and features a pediment. The doorway has been altered with later windows, and there are two small gablet dormers in the roof. A single-storey wing extends to the rear, and the building has end stacks topped with a slate roof.
A steading, also constructed in 1842, comprises a range of rubble farm offices with cartbays, a byre, and an enclosed yard, all covered by a slate roof.
The site of the former parish church stood nearby. Historical records, including the Statistical Account of 1794, newspaper advertisements from 1842 and 1870, document aspects of the building's history and development.
Local climate
Knockbain House, Munlochy sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% 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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Nearby listed buildings
- Steading, Knockbain House, Munlochy
- Knockbain Munlochy Parish Church and Boundary Wall
- South East Range, Stable And Laundry, Allangrange House
- East Range, Stable And Laundry, Allangrange House
- Main Range, Stable And Laundry, Allangrange House
- Allangrange House
- Gate Lodge, Allangrange House
- Knockbain Free Church
- Old Allangrange House
- Mains Of Drynie