Barn, Fernaig is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. 2 related planning applications.
Barn, Fernaig
- WRENN ID
- knotted-pillar-azure
- 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 846 337
- Coordinates
- 57.34319, -5.5805
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a late 18th and early 19th century cruck barn situated at Fernaig. It is a long, rectangular structure with its east and west elevations being the longer walls. The barn is constructed of rubble stone with rounded corners. It originally featured paired winnowing doorways situated off-centre, along with wide vents in the side walls and gable ends, though now most of these vents have been blocked – only two remain, the latter being louvred. The roof is covered with corrugated iron.
Inside, the barn contains six pairs of large and heavy cruck blades, which are joined (scarfed) at differing heights and have their feet set into the cills or the wall base. Numerous peg holes are visible, suggesting the timbers may have been re-used, or possibly provided attachment points for rods or drying racks used for hay or corn. The barn’s external measurements are approximately 70 feet by 18 feet. The barn is referenced in I F Grant’s 1961 publication, Highland Folk Ways, page 113.
Local climate
Barn, Fernaig sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,130 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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