28 Tolbooth Street, Forres is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. House.

28 Tolbooth Street, Forres

WRENN ID
bitter-wicket-elder
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
28 Tolbooth Street, Forres, IV36 1PH
OS grid reference
NJ 037 588
Coordinates
57.60919, -3.61213
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

28 Tolbooth Street in Forres is a house dating from around 1800. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring three wide bays with a central door. The exterior is constructed from rubble with painted margins and has a gable end facing Tolbooth Street. Some 12-pane glazing remains, along with three canted dormers and end stacks that have angle margins. The roof is made of West Highland slate.

The property also includes a single square gatepier topped with a fluted frieze and cornice that bears a swagged urn.

Inside, the house has been significantly altered, but fielded panelled window shutters are still present.

Local climate

28 Tolbooth 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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