Shandwick House, Chapel Street, Tain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982. House. 4 related planning applications.

Shandwick House, Chapel Street, Tain

WRENN ID
gaunt-moat-thyme
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 October 1982
Type
House
Address
Shandwick House, Chapel Street, Tain, IV19 1JF
OS grid reference
NH 779 822
Coordinates
57.81316, -4.05558
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Shandwick House, located on Chapel Street in Tain, dates back to 1849. This two-storey and attic, three-bay house features a central door. The exterior is made of coursed rubble with tooled ashlar dressings, showcasing long and short detailing on the quoins, windows, and door. The first-floor windows are connected by a cill course and feature later 19th-century projecting rectangular bay windows with parapets. The first-floor windows have 12-pane glazing, and there are two piended dormers with original 6-pane glazing. The house has corniced end stacks, a slate roof, and a stone ridge. There are extensive additions to the rear of the building.

Local climate

Shandwick House, Chapel Street, Tain receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% 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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