Oakbank, Birnam is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 February 1976. House.

Oakbank, Birnam

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 February 1976
Type
House
OS grid reference
NO 031 415
Coordinates
56.55576, -3.57732
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Oakbank in Birnam is a large, plain two-storey house built around 1865. It features a two-gable north front and a slated roof that is piended at the back. The house has plain rubble quoin angles and includes single-storey modernised back wings. The building was re-categorised from grade B to grade C(S) in 2006, reflecting its group interest. The listing applies to both the interior and exterior of the building, as is appropriate for its type.

Local climate

Oakbank, 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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