The Anchorage, 2 High Street, Fortrose is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. Villa. 2 related planning applications.

The Anchorage, 2 High Street, Fortrose

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 August 1983
Type
Villa
Address
The Anchorage, 2 High Street, Fortrose, IV10 8SX
OS grid reference
NH 724 564
Coordinates
57.57965, -4.13469
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Anchorage is an asymmetrical gabled villa built around 1875, featuring Gothic details. It is constructed from snecked rubble with ashlar dressings and has two storeys, with the first floor rising into the roof. The villa has tripartite windows in both gabled bays, with a square bay projecting on the left side that includes moulded detail on the parapet. There are stepped hoodmoulds above the first-floor windows and triple blind slits at the apex of both gables, with similar detailing on the tall, gabled stack on the return of the advanced bay. A later projecting porch is located in the centre bay, which has two small lights above it. The roof is covered with slate.

Local climate

The Anchorage, 2 High Street, Fortrose 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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