Craigvar, Strathpeffer is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. 3 related planning applications.

Craigvar, Strathpeffer

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 August 1983
Address
Craigvar, Strathpeffer, IV14 9DL
OS grid reference
NH 484 581
Coordinates
57.58786, -4.53748
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Craigvar is a house dating from the mid to later 19th century. It is two storeys and has an attic, with three bays. The front is built of coursed rubble, while the sides are of random rubble. Red sandstone is used for the detailing, including the margins, long-short angles, and pinnings. Two canted bay windows are positioned on either side of a shallow, gabled porch. Three piended dormers project from the roof. All sash windows have thick wooden mullions and multi-pane glazing. The house has corniced end stacks and a piended slate roof.

Local climate

Craigvar, Strathpeffer sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 46 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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