Ruthven is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 November 1987.
Ruthven
- WRENN ID
- roaming-buttress-cream
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1987
- OS grid reference
- NJ 151 219
- Coordinates
- 57.28036, -3.4089
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an early 19th century farmhouse situated within the Cairngorms National Park. It is a two-storey, three-bay building with single-storey, two-bay wings projecting to the rear, forming a back courtyard. The farmhouse is constructed of roughly squared granite rubble. The front features a central door, and twelve-pane glazing is present on some windows. A modern window has been inserted into the north wing, and garage doors have been added to the south wing. Two modern dormers are located at the rear. End stacks are present on the main house, and a ridge stack is on the south wing. The roof is piended and slate-covered, with some original Tomintoul slating surviving. Historical records from 1842 indicate that Ruthven was one of four farms in the parish that had seen significant improvements in recent years, describing the buildings as "very substantial and commodious." The farm steading is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Ruthven 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 81 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 62 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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