Rowan Cottage, Catlodge Cottages is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 December 1979. 5 related planning applications.
Rowan Cottage, Catlodge Cottages
- WRENN ID
- vacant-mullion-yew
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1979
- Address
- Rowan Cottage, Catlodge Cottages, PH20 1BT
- OS grid reference
- NN 634 928
- Coordinates
- 57.00636, -4.25052
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Rowan Cottage is an early to mid-19th century pair of single-storey cottages, originally three bays wide with a central door for each. The cottages are built of whitewashed rubble, with double plank doors. They feature two-pane glazing, small gable loft windows, and modern fenestration to the rear. End and ridge stacks are present, and the roof is covered with corrugated iron. A single-bay extension adjoins the northwest gable of the cottages.
The interiors have been modernised, but the southeast cottage retains a stone canopied hearth with a monolith chimney breast supported by corbels. A dry stone garden wall separates the gardens from the road. The cottages face an old military road. The northwest cottage is locally known to have once been an inn called "The Splash". Rowan Cottage is situated within the Cairngorms National Park.
Local climate
Rowan Cottage, Catlodge Cottages sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 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 76% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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