The Doune Farm Cottages, Rothiemurchus is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1986. Cottages.

The Doune Farm Cottages, Rothiemurchus

WRENN ID
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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
Type
Cottages
OS grid reference
NH 885 100
Coordinates
57.16766, -3.84419
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Doune Farm Cottages, built between 1800 and 1810, consist of an east-facing U-shaped single-storey range of cottages. The complex includes one four-bay and two three-bay dwellings constructed from harled pointed rubble with tooled rubble dressings. The symmetrical three-bay cottages feature one facing north and one facing south, each with central doors that are sheltered by later projecting gabled porches, which are flanked by windows and some former doors. These cottages are connected by a four-bay east-west range. The windows have nine-pane glazing, and there are wallhead and end stacks, topped with graded local slate roofs. The interior is currently empty and in a state of deterioration.

Local climate

The Doune Farm Cottages, 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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