Biggins House, Murkle is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 November 1984. Steading.
Biggins House, Murkle
- WRENN ID
- tangled-rubblework-hyssop
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1984
- Type
- Steading
- OS grid reference
- ND 165 682
- Coordinates
- 58.59446, -3.43681
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Biggins House in Murkle dates from around 1860 and is a long rubble steading range that runs east-west, with its long south elevation facing the road. The building includes a barn with a loft entrance located in the west gable, while the eastern half contains stables and a byre. The byre features trevises, a drainage channel, and a cross passage, all made of flagstones. There are also two open cart bays in the extreme eastern bays. The roof is constructed of large sections of Caithness flagstone, and the building measures approximately 60 feet in length.
Local climate
Biggins House, Murkle receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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