East Pier, North Kessock is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 October 1994. Ferry pier.
East Pier, North Kessock
- WRENN ID
- crooked-rampart-shade
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 October 1994
- Type
- Ferry pier
- OS grid reference
- NH 655 478
- Coordinates
- 57.50066, -4.2447
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
East Pier in North Kessock is an early 19th-century structure designed by engineer Thomas Telford. It features a ramped ferry pier with side walls made of large sandstone ashlar. The top surface has been cobbled and then covered with a thin layer of concrete, which is now flaking off.
Local climate
East Pier, North Kessock 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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