Tighnahinch Farm House, Alcaig is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 April 1981. Farmhouse.
Tighnahinch Farm House, Alcaig
- WRENN ID
- woven-ember-torch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1981
- Type
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- NH 570 574
- Coordinates
- 57.58468, -4.39337
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Tighnahinch Farm House is a mid to late 19th century, two-storey farmhouse featuring three bays and a central door. At the rear, there is a two-storey, two-bay wing. The exterior is harled with dressed stone margins. The first floor has tripartite windows with 12-pane glazing. The house has corniced end stacks and a slate roof. A gabled porch made of glass and timber is located at the entrance.
Local climate
Tighnahinch Farm House, Alcaig sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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