Boltachan is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1981. Cottage.
Boltachan
- WRENN ID
- shifting-chimney-pigeon
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NN 853 498
- Coordinates
- 56.62672, -3.86959
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Boltachan is a probably early 19th century cottage that is single storey and built from rubble, which has been whitewashed. It features two windows and a central door, with a small attic light in the gable. The cottage has a thatched roof covered with corrugated iron, a low stone stack on the right-hand gable, and a metal-clad wooden chimney on the left-hand gable.
Local climate
Boltachan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 79 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 56 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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