162 High Street, Forres is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1983. 1 related planning application.

162 High Street, Forres

WRENN ID
carved-entrance-reed
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Moray
Constituency
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 1983
Address
162 High Street, Forres, IV36 1NP
OS grid reference
NJ 035 588
Coordinates
57.60891, -3.61567
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

160A High Street in Forres is a building dated 1784. It is two stories tall and has two bays, featuring a gable end and a second entrance to the street. The shop window has been enlarged, and there are paired windows on the first floor. The exterior is harled with painted margins, while the three-bay close elevation is made of whitewashed rubble with painted margins. The building has four-pane glazing facing the street and is topped with a slate roof.

Local climate

162 High Street, 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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