Barn, Kirkton Of Lochalsh is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982.
Barn, Kirkton Of Lochalsh
- WRENN ID
- sheer-pewter-peregrine
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1982
- OS grid reference
- NG 829 272
- Coordinates
- 57.28406, -5.60231
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an early 19th century hay barn situated at Kirkton of Lochalsh. It was originally built using cruck construction techniques. The barn is constructed of coursed rubble stone, pinned together, with a wattled north gabled end and louvred side vents. One cruck stump remains visible in the west wall. The roof is covered in corrugated iron. The barn measures approximately 70 feet by 18 feet. Reverend A Downie, who served as Minister of Lochalsh from 1791 to 1821, is recorded as having built several creel-barns on his farm. This barn was originally divided into two units, though the internal partition has since been removed. Historical records, including writings by I F Grant, Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, and the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, document the barn and its context.
Local climate
Barn, Kirkton Of Lochalsh sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,130 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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