East Lodge, Forres House, Victoria Road, Forres is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1983. Entrance lodge.

East Lodge, Forres House, Victoria Road, Forres

WRENN ID
former-casement-dust
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 1983
Type
Entrance lodge
OS grid reference
NJ 041 592
Coordinates
57.61262, -3.60533
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

East Lodge at Forres House, located on Victoria Road in Forres, dates from the earlier 19th century. This single-storey entrance lodge features three bays and is constructed of rubble with polished ashlar dressings. The prominent central portico is adorned with a pediment, supported by a pair of Roman Doric columns and flanked by pilasters on either side of the doorway. The building has an eaves band, a cornice, and a blocking course, along with a renewed central chimney and a shallow piended slate roof.

The entrance is marked by four square rusticated ashlar gatepiers that support cast-iron gates. Additionally, there are cast-iron railings decorated with fleur-de-lis ornamentation.

Local climate

East Lodge, Forres House, 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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