Merryburn Hotel, Station Road, Birnam is a Grade C listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 February 1976. Hotel. 8 related planning applications.

Merryburn Hotel, Station Road, Birnam

WRENN ID
final-entrance-peregrine
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
Hotel
Address
Merryburn Hotel, Station Road, Birnam, PH8 0DS
OS grid reference
NO 031 417
Coordinates
56.55762, -3.57728
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Merryburn Hotel, located on Station Road in Birnam, was built around 1870. This two-storey building features a single block design with a rounded corner bay topped by a conical roof. The front has three windows and gables, and the exterior is finished in stugged ashlar, which has been recently painted, with a slated roof. The building has been re-categorised as C(S) from B for its group interest in 2006, and the listing applies to both the interior and exterior as appropriate for this type of building.

Local climate

Merryburn Hotel, Station Road, 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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