45-45A High Street and 1 Murdoch Place, Forres is a Grade C listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1983. House.

45-45A High Street and 1 Murdoch Place, Forres

WRENN ID
hidden-rafter-frost
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 1983
Type
House
OS grid reference
NJ 038 590
Coordinates
57.61109, -3.61126
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an early 19th century two-storey and attic house with five bays, located at 45-45A High Street and 1 Murdoch Place in Forres. The ground floor features two shopfronts on the right and a large pend on the left. The building is constructed of painted ashlar and has margined window surrounds, with plate glass glazing on the upper floors. The roof is pitched and covered with slate, featuring two later canted roof dormers and corniced gable stacks.

Local climate

45-45A High Street and 1 Murdoch Place, 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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