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

Blair Cottages, Blair Atholl

WRENN ID
muted-corridor-hawk
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
OS grid reference
NN 871 653
Coordinates
56.7658, -3.84782
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Blair Cottages in Blair Atholl is a long, symmetrical group of buildings constructed in 1840 by architects R. & R. Dickson. The cottages are made of rubble and are primarily single-storey, with a two-storey center and ends. The center features square towers topped with pyramid roofs. There have been later alterations for shop use.

Local climate

Blair Cottages, Blair Atholl sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 81 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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