Strathgair House, Strath, Gairloch is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. 2 related planning applications.

Strathgair House, Strath, Gairloch

WRENN ID
forgotten-finial-stoat
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1971
Address
Strathgair House, Strath, Gairloch, IV21 2BT
OS grid reference
NG 799 773
Coordinates
57.73212, -5.6985
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Strathgair House is a former (Church of Scotland) parish manse, originally built in 1805. Significant additions and alterations were made in 1823, followed by further extensive repairs and possible additions in 1847. The original building was a two-storey and attic, three-bay manse with a central door facing south. In 1823, a large, two-storey, two-bay piended wing was added to the south, creating a symmetrical front and incorporating a side entrance leading to the original central door. Single-storey, single-bay wings were added to the east and west gables between 1823 and 1847, built in slightly different styles.

The house is constructed of harled rubble with contrasting painted tooled dressings. Most windows retain their original eight-pane glazing. It features corniced end and wallhead stacks, and slate roofs. Dormer windows with piended roofs may date from the 1823 alterations.

Behind the house is a large, U-plan steading, forming a courtyard. This steading is built of whitewashed rubble with a slated roof. A coped rubble walled garden is also part of the property. Advertisements for tenders relating to work on the house appeared in the Inverness Courier on May 18, 1847.

Local climate

Strathgair House, Strath, Gairloch sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,780 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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