3 Old Drummond, 26 Oak Avenue, Inverness is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 May 1971.

3 Old Drummond, 26 Oak Avenue, Inverness

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 May 1971
OS grid reference
NH 665 434
Coordinates
57.46155, -4.22542
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

1 Old Drummond, located at 26 Oak Avenue in Inverness, dates from around 1770. The building is harled with margins and features two storeys and an attic, comprising five bays. The central bay is advanced and includes a chimneyed pediment with a blind oculus. There is an architraved and pedimented doorpiece at the center, which is accessed by a flight of steps. Additionally, there are two canted dormers from the late 19th century, and there have been some additions made to the rear of the building.

Local climate

3 Old Drummond, 26 Oak Avenue, Inverness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% 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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