Croft House, Rothiemurchus is a Grade A listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 December 1979. House.
Croft House, Rothiemurchus
- WRENN ID
- final-rubble-violet
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1979
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NH 902 093
- Coordinates
- 57.16177, -3.81552
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Croft House in Rothiemurchus is a picturesque two-storey house built between 1812 and 1814 by Elizabeth and Jane Grant. It features an irregular three-bay design with a single-storey wing over a raised basement at the south. The west-facing front has a nearly central door located in a catslide outshot of the right projecting gable. The ground floor includes a three-light window, while the first floor has two-light fenestration. The rear of the house has similar fenestration and an additional catslide roof extension. The windows are fitted with lattice pane glazing, and the house has end and wallhead stacks. The roof is made of graded local slate and has deep projecting joisted eaves.
Local climate
Croft House, Rothiemurchus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 80 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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