Craigmore, Birnam is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 February 1976. Mansion house. 1 related planning application.
Craigmore, Birnam
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-pilaster-river
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1976
- Type
- Mansion house
- Address
- Craigmore, Birnam, PH8 0BW
- OS grid reference
- NO 032 414
- Coordinates
- 56.55545, -3.5762
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Craigmore is a small mansion house built around 1865, designed in the style of the Murthly estate. It is constructed from rubble and features a single storey with an attic. The house has prominent masonry dormer heads and a distinctive three-storey square tower with a pyramid roof, which includes a large chimney and a crosslet at the south gable. The west gable has been extended in brick, and the roofs are covered with slates.
Local climate
Craigmore, Birnam sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 75 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 47 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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