West Entrance Gates, Novar House is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983.
West Entrance Gates, Novar House
- WRENN ID
- ruined-trefoil-wagtail
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1983
- OS grid reference
- NH 621 675
- Coordinates
- 57.67664, -4.31319
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The West Entrance Gates to Novar House comprise a late 18th century arrangement of gate piers, carriage gates, and screenwork. The gate piers are made of channelled ashlar, featuring moulded copes and ball finials. A pair of cast-iron carriage gates are set between the piers. Simple square end piers are connected to the main gate piers by short cast-iron and pilastered wooden screens.
Local climate
West Entrance Gates, Novar House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 65 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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