4 Gilchrist Square, Dornoch is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 March 1984.
4 Gilchrist Square, Dornoch
- WRENN ID
- stranded-gravel-hemlock
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1984
- Address
- 4 Gilchrist Square, Dornoch, IV25 3HG
- OS grid reference
- NH 797 897
- Coordinates
- 57.881, -4.0293
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
2 Gilchrist Square in Dornoch is a pair of cottages from the earlier 19th century, consisting of two storeys. Cottages numbered 2, 3, and 5 each have two bays, while cottage number 4 features three bays with a central door. The buildings are constructed from coursed rubble with tooled dressings. They have 4-pane glazing, ridge and end stacks, and slate roofs.
Local climate
4 Gilchrist Square, Dornoch receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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