West Lodge, Blair Atholl is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Gate lodge.

West Lodge, Blair Atholl

WRENN ID
winding-postern-gilt
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Cairngorms National Park
Constituency
Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Gate lodge
OS grid reference
NN 838 659
Coordinates
56.77026, -3.9014
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

West Lodge in Blair Atholl is a two-storey and attic gate lodge featuring a round-arched entrance and turreted design. It includes a circular tower at the re-entrant angle, along with an outbuilding that also has a circular tower. The building is constructed with snecked rubble and has ashlar dressings, dating from 1867.

Local climate

West Lodge, Blair Atholl 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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