BurntHouse, West Service Range, Avoch House is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 April 1981. Service range.

BurntHouse, West Service Range, Avoch House

WRENN ID
lost-floor-spindle
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 April 1981
Type
Service range
OS grid reference
NH 695 557
Coordinates
57.57303, -4.18318
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Burnt House is an early 19th century building that forms the west section of the service range of Avoch House. It features a crenellated screen wall with a prominent right-hand bay that includes a segmental-headed carriage entrance. The structure is two stories high and has a three-bay elevation, with a slightly advanced left-hand bay and a 19th century house built behind it. The central door is flanked by harled walls that include a moulded string course, and the building is topped with a slate roof.

Local climate

BurntHouse, West Service Range, Avoch House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 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 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Mackenzie Foundation School, Mackenzie Place, Avoch Grade B 666 m
  2. Free Church, Toll Road, Avoch Grade B 790 m
  3. Avoch Parish Church, Braehead, Avoch Grade B 793 m
  4. Churchyard, Avoch Parish Church, Braehead, Avoch Grade B 801 m
  5. Avoch Football Ground, Toll Road, Avoch Grade C 814 m
  6. Avoch Parish Manse, Braehead, Avoch Grade B 855 m
  7. Avoch Hotel, Bridge Street, Avoch Grade C 869 m
  8. Burnside, Long Road, Avoch Grade C 880 m
  9. Station Hotel, Bridge Street, Avoch Grade C 881 m
  10. Congregational Manse, High Street, Avoch Grade C 915 m