Dromquinna, 32 High Street, Fortrose is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. Commercial building.

Dromquinna, 32 High Street, Fortrose

WRENN ID
winding-string-scarlet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1971
Type
Commercial building
OS grid reference
NH 726 566
Coordinates
57.58146, -4.13106
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dromquinna, located at 32 High Street in Fortrose, is a building dated 1836 that features two storeys and an attic. The front facing High Street is constructed of ashlar and consists of three bays, with a shop occupying the two left bays of the ground floor. The outer windows on the first floor are tripartite, and there is a moulded string course and a moulded cornice above. A large modern box dormer is present on this elevation.

The elevation facing Cathedral Square is built of rubble and also has three bays, with the centre bay advanced and featuring bowed angles. There are two later piended dormers and a modern glazed porch located at the right bay. The gable facing Union Street is harled, and the building has a slated roof with scrolled skewputts.

Local climate

Dromquinna, 32 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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