30, 32 High Street, Forres is a Grade C listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1983. House.

30, 32 High Street, Forres

WRENN ID
buried-sentry-amber
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
57.61097, -3.61089
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

30 and 32 High Street in Forres are two-storey and attic houses built in 1777 and 1778. The buildings have been significantly altered for shop use. The gable end faces the street and features a three-bay shopfront along with two first-floor windows. The gable is made of coursed rubble with polished ashlar dressings, while the rest of the structure is constructed from rubble. The first-floor windows on the gable have raised and moulded margins, as does the blocked central door, all adorned with fluted keystones. The windows have two-pane glazing. The south gable has crowsteps, and the north gable has a coped end stack with a date stone. The skewputts are elaborately designed with carved nautilus shell detailing, and the roof is covered with slate, although there is an unfortunate large box dormer.

Local climate

30, 32 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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