5 Custom House Street, Ullapool is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 August 1983.

5 Custom House Street, Ullapool

WRENN ID
waning-terrace-auburn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 August 1983
OS grid reference
NH 129 942
Coordinates
57.8987, -5.15807
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

These are a pair of two-storey houses built in the mid-19th century at 4 (left) and 5 (right) Custom House Street, Ullapool. They are slightly different in design. The houses are constructed from coursed rubble with tooled dressings. They have centre doorways, 12-pane sash windows, end and ridge stacks, and slate roofs.

Local climate

5 Custom House Street, Ullapool sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,720 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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