The White House, Castle Street, Dornoch is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 March 1984. House.

The White House, Castle Street, Dornoch

WRENN ID
old-railing-gilt
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 March 1984
Type
House
OS grid reference
NH 796 896
Coordinates
57.88022, -4.03072
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The White House on Castle Street in Dornoch is an early 19th-century building. It has a two-storey and attic elevation facing Castle Street to the south, and a single-storey elevation towards Cathedral Square to the north. Both sides feature three bays with central doors. The structure is built of rubble with heavy cement pointing and has ashlar margins. There are steps leading up to the north door, and the windows have 12-pane glazing. The building includes two canted dormers and has end stacks, topped with a slate roof. A low ashlar coped rubble retaining wall is present to the south.

Local climate

The White House, Castle Street, Dornoch receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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