27 High Street, Tain is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982. House. 1 related planning application.

27 High Street, Tain

WRENN ID
dusted-ledge-bone
Grade
C
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
27 High Street, Tain, IV19 1AE
OS grid reference
NH 780 820
Coordinates
57.81152, -4.05428
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

27 High Street in Tain is an earlier 19th-century building that stands two storeys high and features a single bay. The exterior is made of tooled ashlar with finely tooled dressings. The ground floor has a modern shop front, while the first floor has a tripartite window arrangement. A modern box dormer is present on the roof, which is covered with slate.

At the rear, there is a wing located at 3 King Street, which is also an earlier 19th-century structure. This two-storey and attic house is positioned at right angles to 27 High Street and has three bays, although the right bay is now blocked by the rear of 31 High Street. The wing features rendered, painted ashlar margins, bipartite windows on the ground and first floors, a modern box dormer, and a slate roof.

Local climate

27 High 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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