Smithy House, Invermoriston is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 April 1986. Cottage, studio. 1 related planning application.

Smithy House, Invermoriston

WRENN ID
hushed-passage-claret
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 April 1986
Type
Cottage, studio
Address
Smithy House, Invermoriston, IV63 7YA
OS grid reference
NH 419 166
Coordinates
57.21294, -4.6182
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Smithy House is an early 19th century, single-storey and attic cottage with three bays and an extension set back at the northern gable. The building is constructed of whitewashed rubble and features a central door, two piended dormers in the outer bays, and multi-pane glazing. There are end stacks with "thack stanes" and slate roofs. The studio extension has an entrance in the outer bay and three later closely set windows, also with multi-pane glazing.

Local climate

Smithy House, Invermoriston sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 74 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 56 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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