Walled Garden, Cuilcheanna House, Onich is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 1985.

Walled Garden, Cuilcheanna House, Onich

WRENN ID
small-cellar-vetch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 May 1985
OS grid reference
NN 020 617
Coordinates
56.70506, -5.23587
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The walled garden at Cuilcheanna House likely dates from the early 19th century. It consists of a large enclosure with three sides built of unusually fine dry-stone, constructed from large, split granite blocks laid in regular courses and pinned with narrow slate. The original entrance is located in the west wall, while the fourth wall is of a later date, built with rubble and featuring two modern breaches. Cuilcheanna House itself has been significantly altered and is no longer listed. The garden is notable for the exceptional quality of its drystone walling, which reflects local style and building traditions.

Local climate

Walled Garden, Cuilcheanna House, Onich sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,110 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 44 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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