Gardens, Dundonnell House is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971.
Gardens, Dundonnell House
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-cloister-burdock
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- OS grid reference
- NH 111 859
- Coordinates
- 57.82326, -5.181
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The gardens at Dundonnell House comprise a large, early 19th century walled garden constructed of rubble stone with a dressed stone cope. Decorative wrought-iron gates provide access. An unusual, free-standing glasshouse, dating to the early 20th century, is located within the garden. This glasshouse is divided into three sections, each containing twelve spans.
Local climate
Gardens, Dundonnell House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,740 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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