Gowanlea, Grey's Place, Lybster is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 November 1984.

Gowanlea, Grey's Place, Lybster

WRENN ID
keen-jade-bracken
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 November 1984
OS grid reference
ND 248 355
Coordinates
58.30217, -3.28469
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gowanlea, located at 6 Main Street (formerly Grey’s Place) in Lybster, is a mid-19th century terrace of four, two-bay dwellings. The street numbers are based on the Valuation Roll. The building has a symmetrical facade and is harled, with additional dry-dash areas and rendered margins. It features paired windows with varied glazing, as well as ridge and end stacks. The roof is covered with Caithness slate. The statutory address includes numbers 2, 3, and 6 Main Street, along with the house to the right of Gowanlea.

Local climate

Gowanlea, Grey's Place, Lybster receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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