Cairn Cottage, Fortingall, Aberfeldy is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Cairn Cottage, Fortingall, Aberfeldy
- WRENN ID
- pitched-bracket-moth
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cairn Cottage, Fortingall, Aberfeldy, PH15 2LL
- OS grid reference
- NN 740 470
- Coordinates
- 56.59825, -4.05354
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Cairn Cottage, built in 1889 by James M. MacLaren, is a detached L-plan block of single-storey and attic cottages. It features a projecting two-storey wing with a jerkin-head gable at the southeast corner. The walls are harled, and the roofs are thatched, with the thatch extending over the wallhead attic windows, creating rounded dormerheads in the English style.
Local climate
Cairn Cottage, Fortingall, Aberfeldy sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 79 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 58 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 — 2 applications
- 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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