Lusaka, 1 Allan Square, Cromarty is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 December 1980. House.

Lusaka, 1 Allan Square, Cromarty

WRENN ID
dim-casement-barley
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 December 1980
Type
House
OS grid reference
NH 786 675
Coordinates
57.68161, -4.0361
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lusaka, located at 1 Allan Square in Cromarty, is an early 19th century building featuring two storeys and an attic. The exterior is dry-dashed with painted margins. It has a one-bay front facing Allan Square, which includes a doorpiece with fluted pilasters and a cornice. There is a later window inserted to the left of the door. The building has a canted one-bay corner front on Bank Street, with two bays. On the ground floor, the left window has been enlarged, and a new window has been added in the centre. The original roof features moulded architraves, while a modern dormer has been added to the front facing Allan Square. A chimney rises from the wallhead at the Allan Square front.

Local climate

Lusaka, 1 Allan Square, Cromarty receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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