Sparrow Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 April 1989. House.
Sparrow Castle
- WRENN ID
- outer-iron-birch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1989
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NJ 134 635
- Coordinates
- 57.65369, -3.45201
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Sparrow Castle is a house dated 1776, featuring a south-facing, two-storey structure with a regular three-bay layout. It has slightly set back, later additions of single-storey, two-bay gable wings. The entrance is off-centre and includes a modern flat-roofed porch with a side entrance. The exterior is harled with ashlar margins and dressings, while the porch is made of random rubble.
The early part of the house showcases roll moulding on the door and window jambs, and all front openings and angles exhibit long and short detailing. There is a secondary entrance located in the east wing. The first-floor windows are small and fitted with modern glazing. The main house features moulded copes on the end stacks, while the wings have simple coped end stacks. The roofs are covered with slate. Additionally, there is a modern set back garage located at the northeast.
Local climate
Sparrow Castle receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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