Grulin Shepherd's Bothy, Eigg is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Grulin Shepherd's Bothy, Eigg
- WRENN ID
- guardian-mullion-bittern
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Grulin Shepherd's Bothy, Eigg, PH42 4RL
- OS grid reference
- NM 456 842
- Coordinates
- 56.87934, -6.17712
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Grulin Shepherd's Bothy is a traditional single-storey, three-bay cottage built in the earlier to mid-19th century. The building is constructed from white-washed rubble and features an off-centre door, rounded angles, and battered walls. It has a central chimney stack and a piended roof made of corrugated iron.
Local climate
Grulin Shepherd's Bothy, Eigg sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,220 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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