Balnain House, 40 Huntly Street, Inverness is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 May 1971. House. 2 related planning applications.

Balnain House, 40 Huntly Street, Inverness

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 May 1971
Type
House
Address
Balnain House, 40 Huntly Street, Inverness, IV3 5HR
OS grid reference
NH 663 453
Coordinates
57.47874, -4.23123
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Balnain House, located at 40 Huntly Street in Inverness, was built in 1726. This three-storey building features five bays, with a central door that is accessed by a flight of steps. The walls are entasised and harled, complemented by rusticated quoins. The roof is piended and slated, with chimneys placed centrally.

Local climate

Balnain House, 40 Huntly Street, Inverness 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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