Balblair Distillery is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. Distillery kiln. 1 related planning application.
Balblair Distillery
- WRENN ID
- blind-kitchen-mist
- 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
- Distillery kiln
- Address
- Balblair Distillery, IV19 1LB
- OS grid reference
- NH 706 855
- Coordinates
- 57.84097, -4.1812
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Balblair Distillery, built around 1872 by Ross & Son, is a traditional three-storey kiln constructed from rubble with a pyramidal slate roof. The roof features an apex pagoda vent topped by a ball finial. The south elevation is symmetrical, with paired windows on the first and second storeys, while the lower pair of windows is a later addition. The entrance is located off centre at the base of the building.
Local climate
Balblair Distillery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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