The Market, Market Street, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982. Market building. 8 related planning applications.

The Market, Market Street, Tain

WRENN ID
muffled-rafter-hawthorn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 October 1982
Type
Market building
Address
The Market, Market Street, Tain, IV19 1AR
OS grid reference
NH 780 820
Coordinates
57.81116, -4.05456
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market on Market Street in Tain is a single-storey building from the mid-19th century, featuring an arcaded design. It is set back from the street with a courtyard in front. Originally, the structure had six central elliptical arches, with similar arches and one door in each of the wider first and ninth bays. At the north end, there is warehousing with a loft that takes advantage of the slope of the land. The building is constructed from squared rubble blocks with ashlar voussoirs, and it has a simple coved eaves cornice and a slate roof. Two of the arcades remain to be restored as of 1982.

Local climate

The Market, Market Street, Tain receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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