North Block, Newton Pitcairns School is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1981. School.

North Block, Newton Pitcairns School

WRENN ID
solemn-ashlar-cream
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 June 1981
Type
School
OS grid reference
NO 021 142
Coordinates
56.31092, -3.58384
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

North Block of Newton Pitcairns School, dated 1839, is designed in a cottage style featuring broad eaves and octagonal chimneys. The building has lattice glazing and is a single-storey structure made of snecked rubble. The schoolhouse has been stuccoed and has suffered from later additions that have altered its original appearance.

Local climate

North Block, Newton Pitcairns School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 66 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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