1 George Street, Avoch is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.

1 George Street, Avoch

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1971
Address
1 George Street, Avoch, IV9 8PU
OS grid reference
NH 702 549
Coordinates
57.56622, -4.1709
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

2 George Street in Avoch consists of two joined cottages from the later 19th century. Both cottages are one storey with an attic and have three bays. The central door features painted margins, and both cottages have slate roofs. Cottage No. 1 is rendered and lined to resemble ashlar and has two piended dormers. Cottage No. 2 is harled and also has two piended dormers, along with new glazing.

Local climate

1 George Street, Avoch 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.

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