Upper Cluny, Cluny Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1986. 3 related planning applications.
Upper Cluny, Cluny Castle
- WRENN ID
- fading-ledge-bistre
- 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
- Address
- Upper Cluny, Cluny Castle, PH20 1BS
- OS grid reference
- NN 644 944
- Coordinates
- 57.02128, -4.23397
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
An early 19th century long, south-facing single-storey and attic range forms part of Cluny Castle, extending as a wing to the west to create a shallow L-plan. The building comprises a dwelling, carriage house, and stables. The construction is of rubble with tooled rubble dressings. Originally a two-bay cottage, it was later enlarged to the left of the entrance by incorporating a segmental-headed carriage bay, which was then infilled with masonry and a small window. The entrance features a tall, segmental-headed fanlight with intricate tracery, and a similar masonry head to the window on the right, which is partially concealed behind boarding to accommodate a square-headed 12-pane sash window. A modern swept dormer has been added. The centre of the range contains two segmental-headed carriage bays, with stables to the left and three gabled loft doors breaking the wallhead (one now a window). Each gablet has pigeon flight holes. An end stack is present and the roof is slate with projecting eaves. The carriage house area is now used as a sawmill. The building is situated within the Cairngorms National Park.
Local climate
Upper Cluny, 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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- 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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