Achlain House, Glenmoriston is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 April 1986. House.

Achlain House, Glenmoriston

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 April 1986
Type
House
OS grid reference
NH 279 124
Coordinates
57.17081, -4.8479
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Achlain House is an earlier 19th century, two-storey, three-bay house that faces south. The exterior is harled, featuring a central door that is sheltered by a gabled porch with a side entrance. The first-floor windows are slightly shorter and have four-pane glazing. The house has end stacks and a slate roof, along with a rear wing. Inside, there are panelled doors and window shutters.

Local climate

Achlain House, Glenmoriston sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,510 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 74 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 56 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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