Bridgend, 1 Novar Road, Alness is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983. House. 1 related planning application.

Bridgend, 1 Novar Road, Alness

WRENN ID
grey-jade-thunder
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
House
Address
Bridgend, 1 Novar Road, Alness, IV17 0QG
OS grid reference
NH 654 696
Coordinates
57.69611, -4.25951
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an early 19th century, two-storey, three-bay house located at 1 Novar Road in Alness. It features a central door and is constructed of coursed rubble with painted ashlar margins. The east gable is harled and includes windows on the ground floor, first floor, and a small attic. There is a later single-storey and attic addition on the west gable, which has a gabled dormer that rises through the wallhead. The house has four-pane glazing, corniced end stacks, and a slate roof.

Local climate

Bridgend, 1 Novar Road, Alness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 46 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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