East Lodge, Cluny Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1986.
East Lodge, Cluny Castle
- WRENN ID
- ancient-spire-sepia
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1986
- OS grid reference
- NN 647 943
- Coordinates
- 57.02067, -4.22924
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
East Lodge is an early 19th century rectangular, single-story dwelling situated within the Cluny Castle estate, within the Cairngorms National Park. The building has a piended slate roof which extends beyond the walls to create a continuous verandah on three sides, supported by simple painted wooden columns. The front elevation is constructed of tooled grey granite ashlar, while the rear is of rubble.
The central door has been altered; a window has been enlarged to the west, and original casements with moulded wooden mullions and transoms remain to the right and in the centre of the east return gable. The windows have multi-pane glazing, and a central ridge stack features a 'thack stane'. A modern, flat-roofed, single-story, single-bay extension has been added to the west.
The entrance is marked by slender cast-iron octagonal gate piers with revolving pedestrian gates, flanked by a pair of decorative wrought- and cast-iron carriage gates. Low coped ashlar quadrant walls with spearhead railings run alongside, terminating in square end piers with crenellated caps. The lodge was likely originally thatched and built in a 'cottage orne' style.
Local climate
East Lodge, Cluny Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 83 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 66 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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