West Lodge, Brahan Castle is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. Gate piers and gates.
West Lodge, Brahan Castle
- WRENN ID
- winter-turret-burdock
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1983
- Type
- Gate piers and gates
- OS grid reference
- NH 496 547
- Coordinates
- 57.55801, -4.514
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
West Lodge at Brahan Castle is an early 19th-century structure featuring two pairs of square ashlar gate piers. There is a tall pair in the center that flanks the carriage entrance. The lodge is complemented by a pair of cast-iron spear-head carriage gates and matching pedestrian gates on either side. Additionally, there are rubble retaining walls surrounding the entrance.
Local climate
West Lodge, Brahan Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 46 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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