Chisholm Cottage, Kilmuir is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 October 1982.
Chisholm Cottage, Kilmuir
- WRENN ID
- riven-rafter-vetch
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1982
- OS grid reference
- NH 673 497
- Coordinates
- 57.51811, -4.21622
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
A pair of cottages dating from the mid-19th century, situated in Kilmuir. They are single-storey structures with attics. Each cottage has three bays, with a central doorway. The cottages were constructed using coursed red sandstone, with dressings that have been broached and droved. They feature 12-pane sash windows. Each cottage has two piended dormers, also with 9-pane sash windows. Chimneys are located at the ends and ridge of the roofs, and the roofs are covered in slate. The statutory address includes Chisholm Cottage and The Neuk.
Local climate
Chisholm Cottage, Kilmuir sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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