Lodge, Black Isle Combination Poorhouse, Ness Cottage, Ness Road, Fortrose is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Lodge, Black Isle Combination Poorhouse, Ness Cottage, Ness Road, Fortrose

WRENN ID
sunken-steeple-yarrow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 August 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Lodge, Black Isle Combination Poorhouse, Ness Cottage, Ness Road, Fortrose, IV10 8SD
OS grid reference
NH 737 565
Coordinates
57.58143, -4.11275
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a mid-19th century single-storey cottage with five bays and a piended slate roof. The exterior is harled, and there is a modern glazed porch at the front. At the rear, the cottage features two out-shots.

Local climate

Lodge, Black Isle Combination Poorhouse, Ness Cottage, Ness Road, Fortrose sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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