Frances Walker's Cottage, Balevullin, Tiree is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1981. Cottage.

Frances Walker's Cottage, Balevullin, Tiree

WRENN ID
night-sentry-spring
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1981
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NL 954 470
Coordinates
56.51678, -6.95305
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Frances Walker's Cottage is a traditional single-storey, three-bay cottage from the 19th century, located in Balevullin, Tiree. It features an adjoining traditional barn that is positioned transversely to the common gable wall. The structure is built of rubble, predominantly white-washed. The house has "tobhta," or wide eaves, only on the front, and includes a small pedimented porch at the centre doorway. The corners of the house are rounded, while the barn has square corners. There are end stacks, and the roof is thatched and piended.

Local climate

Frances Walker's Cottage, Balevullin, Tiree sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 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 averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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