Malt Barn, Glenromach Distillery, Waterford Road, Forres is a Grade B listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1983. Malt barn.

Malt Barn, Glenromach Distillery, Waterford Road, Forres

WRENN ID
muted-tin-heath
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
Malt barn
OS grid reference
NJ 032 593
Coordinates
57.6135, -3.62136
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Malt Barn at Glenromach Distillery, located on Waterford Road in Forres, dates from around 1890. This three-storey building features a 12-bay design made of whitewashed brick, with regular window arrangements. Each bay is marked by brick pilaster strips. The windows have segmental heads, with 12-pane sash windows in the gables and 6-pane windows with shuttering on the lower sections of the long elevations. The roof is covered with West Highland slate. A modern sliding door is present on the eastern gable. Inside, each floor is supported by 11 pairs of cast-iron pillars.

Local climate

Malt Barn, Glenromach Distillery, Waterford 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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