West 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.
West Lodge, Cluny Castle
- WRENN ID
- gentle-landing-myrtle
- 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 641 941
- Coordinates
- 57.01807, -4.23979
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
West Lodge is a rectangular, two-storey dwelling built in the 1830s and 1840s. The south and west elevations, facing the road and drive, are constructed from tooled ashlar stone, while the rear and east elevations use coursed rubble. The west elevation features a regular two-bay design, with pointed-headed windows on the first floor, some of which are blind. The windows have four-pane glazing. A single-storey, lean-to extension is located at the east side of the lodge.
A deep string course runs around the building just below the wallhead, connecting to square, crenellated mock angle turrets which incorporate chimney stacks. The roof is slate. A pair of octagonal, tooled granite gate piers with crenellated caps connect to the lodge on the east and to a hexagonal, two-storey, crenellated pavilion on the west, via low, coped quadrant walls. Cast-iron spearhead railings and a matching pair of carriage gates complete the arrangement. The lodge is situated within the Cairngorms National Park.
Local climate
West 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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