Sycamore, Duirinish is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1971. 2 related planning applications.
Sycamore, Duirinish
- WRENN ID
- other-vault-sable
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1971
- Address
- Sycamore, Duirinish, IV40 8BE
- OS grid reference
- NG 785 313
- Coordinates
- 57.31856, -5.68003
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century cottage, originally three bays wide with a central door. The walls are built of rubble stone, with the side walls having a rough, plastered finish. The roof is slate-covered, and it features two dormer windows with triangular gables rising from the roofline. Chimneys are located at each end of the building. A single-bay wing extends from the rear.
Local climate
Sycamore, Duirinish sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,100 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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.
More on this building
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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