Coachouse, Pier, Tongue is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 March 1984.
Coachouse, Pier, Tongue
- WRENN ID
- endless-lead-rain
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1984
- OS grid reference
- NC 591 588
- Coordinates
- 58.49464, -4.41778
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The building is a boathouse or store from the earlier to mid-19th century. It is a two-storey rectangular structure featuring a central entrance with a segmental arch and a window above it on the west gable, which faces the pier across the road. The exterior is finished in harled rubble. There are slit vents on the north and south long sides, and the building has crowsteps and a slate roof.
The pier is a simple structure made of rubble, with a slightly curved arm and a small secondary slipway located on the south side.
Local climate
Coachouse, Pier, Tongue sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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