Birchwood House, Torr Hill, 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.

Birchwood House, Torr Hill, Birnam

WRENN ID
burning-pedestal-alder
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
OS grid reference
NO 034 416
Coordinates
56.55687, -3.57253
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Birchwood House, located on Torr Hill in Birnam, was built in 1858. This two-storey, asymmetrical mansion is harled and features rock-faced dressings. The south front has two gables and a bay window, along with a single-storey wing that also includes a bay window. There is a tower that transitions from a square base to an octagonal shape, topped with a spired slated roof. To the north, there is a long service wing that leads to a charming three-storey circular tower with a conical roof. The building has slated roofs and traceried bargeboards.

Local climate

Birchwood House, Torr Hill, 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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