Shiel House, Shiel Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982.
Shiel House, Shiel Bridge
- WRENN ID
- still-marble-lark
- Grade
- B
- 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 934 188
- Coordinates
- 57.21347, -5.42193
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Shiel House is an earlier 19th century, two-storey, four-bay house situated near Shiel Bridge and Shiel Farm. The house is harled and exhibits a near-centre projecting gabled porch with a small window to the right, otherwise displaying symmetrical fenestration to the south elevation. The windows are fitted with four-pane glazing. End stacks are present, and the roof is slate-covered. A wooden single-storey extension adjoins the west gable, and a lean-to is attached to the rear. The building was formerly known as Shiel House.
Local climate
Shiel House, Shiel Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,160 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 71 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 54 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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