Old Manse Of Blair is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1981. Manse. 3 related planning applications.
Old Manse Of Blair
- WRENN ID
- worn-doorway-pearl
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1981
- Type
- Manse
- Address
- Old Manse Of Blair, PH18 5TN
- OS grid reference
- NN 836 659
- Coordinates
- 56.77094, -3.9051
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Manse of Blair is a 2-storey building featuring a three-window design and a piend roof. It is constructed from rubble and has a set-back wing on the west side. The main entrance is marked by a plain pilaster doorway. The building was originally designed by Charles Sim of Balnakillie. The wing was added in 1862 by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Company, based on designs by Robertson from Pitlochry.
Local climate
Old Manse Of Blair sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 82 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 63 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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