Braeriach, Victoria Road, Forres is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

Braeriach, Victoria Road, Forres

WRENN ID
noble-flagstone-rain
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1971
Type
House
Address
Braeriach, Victoria Road, Forres, IV36 3BN
OS grid reference
NJ 040 591
Coordinates
57.61254, -3.60732
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Braeriach is a house built around 1800, featuring two storeys and an attic, with three bays and a central door. The exterior is made of coursed random rubble on the gables and rear, with ashlar dressings. It has a simple wooden porch supported by Doric columns, and a band course that connects the lintels of the ground floor windows. The windows have raised margins and consist of 12-pane sashes, while there are three small piended dormers on the roof. The house has end stacks with angle margins and a slate roof. Additionally, there is a low coped and harled front garden wall.

Local climate

Braeriach, Victoria Road, Forres receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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