Ornsay House, 4 West Shore Street, Ullapool is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 November 1984. 3 related planning applications.

Ornsay House, 4 West Shore Street, Ullapool

WRENN ID
eternal-vault-pearl
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 November 1984
Address
Ornsay House, 4 West Shore Street, Ullapool, IV26 2UR
OS grid reference
NH 127 939
Coordinates
57.89518, -5.16117
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ornsay House is a 2-storey, 3-bay house constructed in 1829 by Thomas Telford. It was originally the parish manse and later altered, including a re-casting of the main entrance. A 2-storey wing extends to the rear. The exterior is harled with contrasting painted margins, and the façade features long and short detailing. The house has 2-pane glazing and coped end stacks, topped by a slate roof. A central doorway was added at a later date. Alterations are visible on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1873. References to Thomas Telford can be found in the Biographical Atlas of 1838, pages 58-9.

Local climate

Ornsay House, 4 West Shore Street, Ullapool sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,720 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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