Gazebo, Belladrum House is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 April 1986.

Gazebo, Belladrum House

WRENN ID
little-column-jackdaw
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 April 1986
OS grid reference
NH 524 426
Coordinates
57.44966, -4.46052
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a late 18th century gazebo, originally associated with Belladrum House. It comprises a small, two-storey round tower and a single-storey wing. The tower is heavily rusticated and constructed of rock-faced boulder rubble with tooled ashlar dressings and horizontal bands. The north-facing side features an entrance with an ogee-headed architrave and a square-headed hoodmould, similar detailing to the two ground floor windows, and two oculi windows set into a horizontal band course. Further ashlar band courses alternate with rows of heavy rubble. The tower has a crenellated wallhead and wallhead stack.

A simple rectangular wing adjoins the tower, retaining traces of a piended roof. The interior is gutted and in a poor state of repair.

By 1794, Major Fraser of Belladrum had been planting trees for over 30 years, and the gazebo is situated on a slope overlooking Beauly, at the edge of these plantations. It was likely built for scenic rides and walks through the woodland.

Local climate

Gazebo, Belladrum House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 44 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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