Ruthven, 12 Academy Street, Fortrose is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. House. 2 related planning applications.

Ruthven, 12 Academy Street, Fortrose

WRENN ID
haunted-casement-mint
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1971
Type
House
Address
Ruthven, 12 Academy Street, Fortrose, IV10 8TW
OS grid reference
NH 726 564
Coordinates
57.58044, -4.13126
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ruthven, located at 12 Academy Street in Fortrose, is a building from the mid-19th century with an earlier rear wing. It stands two storeys tall and features a three-bay façade with a central door. The rear wing is two storeys with an attic. The exterior is constructed of rubble with cherry pointing and has raised ashlar margins. The gable and wing are harled with painted margins. The roof is slate, and there is a piended dormer at the rear wing, although the eaves course is blocked.

Local climate

Ruthven, 12 Academy Street, Fortrose sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 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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