Smiddy House, Scalasaig, Colonsay is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Smiddy House, Scalasaig, Colonsay

WRENN ID
ancient-nave-finch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1971
Type
Cottage
Address
Smiddy House, Scalasaig, Colonsay, PA61 7YP
OS grid reference
NR 388 941
Coordinates
56.06858, -6.1976
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Smiddy House in Scalasaig, Colonsay, is an earlier 19th-century traditional building. It has two storeys and is three windows wide. The exterior is harled, and it features a gabled design with a slate roof and skews. The original entrance, located in the centre, has been built up.

Local climate

Smiddy House, Scalasaig, Colonsay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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