A compact early nineteenth-century house anchors the older edge of High Street with carefully squared rubble and a composed three-bay front.
Quick facts
- Date
- Early 19th century
- Architect / designer
- Unknown
- Type
- Three-bay rubble house with piended dormers
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB15028)
- OS grid reference
- NH 65528 69631
Architecture, archaeology and continuing use
The two-storey and attic house is built of coursed squared rubble with tooled ashlar margins. Its central doorway and flanking windows share a lintel course, while two piended dormers, an eaves band, end stacks and a slate roof complete the restrained elevation.
Its story
Averonbrae belongs to the early nineteenth-century growth of Alness around its river crossing and High Street. Its domestic scale provides a useful counterpoint to the later hotel, halls and railway works nearby.
Why it is included
Category B listing preserves a well-composed town house whose masonry, glazing pattern and dormers show the architectural discipline of early nineteenth-century Alness.
What to notice
- The continuous lintel course linking door and windows.
- The pair of small piended dormers.
- Tooled ashlar margins against the squared rubble walling.
Reading the surroundings
Treat the property as private and view only from the public street without blocking doors, windows or neighbouring premises.
Timeline
- Early 19th century The three-bay house was built beside Alness High Street.
- 20th century Its traditional massing and slate-roofed character survived later town-centre change.
- 1983 The building was added to the statutory list.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The designer, precise construction year and current occupancy were not established by the reviewed sources.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Averonbrae, LB15028 — Designation status, mapped location, date, fabric and architectural or archaeological interest.
- Trove: Averonbrae designation record — Parallel national designation identity, coordinates and town-centre relationship.
Location
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