Gorston Cottage is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Gorston Cottage
- WRENN ID
- slow-pier-barley
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Gorston Cottage, PH33 7AH
- OS grid reference
- NN 057 707
- Coordinates
- 56.7878, -5.18198
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Gorston Cottage is a traditional single-storey, three-bay cottage built in the mid-19th century, with later heightening. The cottage is constructed of whitewashed rubble, featuring rounded angles and thick battered walls, which have been heightened by approximately 1 foot (30 centimeters). At the wallhead angles, there are concrete projecting triangular corbels. The entrance is located in the center and faces south, featuring a double leaf plank door. The windows have been slightly enlarged and have 4-pane glazing. There is a small rear center window that provides light to the room between the hearths. The cottage has renewed paired ridge stacks and a piended slate roof.
Local climate
Gorston Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,090 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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- 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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