Mains Of Drynie is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982.
Mains Of Drynie
- WRENN ID
- tattered-rafter-indigo
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1982
- OS grid reference
- NH 661 505
- Coordinates
- 57.52493, -4.23748
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century farmhouse constructed of coursed red rubble with droved and broached dressings, and polished ashlar used for the portico. The main block is two storeys and three bays, with a central door flanked by single-bay quadrants that link to lower, piended wings. The farmhouse incorporates some re-used stone, including a coat of arms featuring a MacKenzie stag on the right side of the front door, and, to the left near the quadrant wallhead, the word “FEARE” (upside-down) accompanied by the number 16. The main block has large, segmental-headed ground floor windows and a piended slate roof. A drystone wall encloses the garden. The doorpiece, which appears to be of early 19th century origin and re-used, is round-headed and set within a corniced, pilastered portico featuring a fan motif in the spandrels.
A large mid-19th century steading, altered and improved by W.L. Carruthers in 1888, also stands on the site. The steading is constructed with re-used stone, and a monkey's head is set above a louvred bull's eye window in the west gable. Recent improvements had been made to Drynie Estate, as noted in the Transactions of the Highlands and Agricultural Society in 1877.
Local climate
Mains Of Drynie 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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