Cottage, Croft 7 Claddach, Portnahaven, Islay is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Cottage.

Cottage, Croft 7 Claddach, Portnahaven, Islay

WRENN ID
sombre-balcony-russet
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
OS grid reference
NR 171 533
Coordinates
55.69118, -6.50322
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century Highland cottage, typical of mainland design, featuring a single storey. The building is constructed from rubble and has a gabled shape topped with a thatched roof.

Local climate

Cottage, Croft 7 Claddach, Portnahaven, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow 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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