Balmartine Cottage, Balemartine, Isle of Tiree is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1981. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Balmartine Cottage, Balemartine, Isle of Tiree
- WRENN ID
- proud-bronze-curlew
- 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 985 414
- Coordinates
- 56.46846, -6.89718
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Balmartine Cottage is a traditional single-storey cottage from the 19th century, featuring three bays and a central door. The exterior is made of white-washed rubble with square angles and has wide eaves, known locally as "tobhta." The cottage has gable end stacks and a piended roof covered in green felt.
Local climate
Balmartine Cottage, Balemartine, Isle of 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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