Smith's Barn, Achranich, Ardtornish Estate is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 1985. Barn.
Smith's Barn, Achranich, Ardtornish Estate
- WRENN ID
- scattered-ember-woodpecker
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1985
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- NM 704 473
- Coordinates
- 56.56174, -5.73695
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Smith's Barn, located on the Ardtornish Estate, was built in 1851. It is a long, high three-storey barn and byre featuring 11 bays on both the north and south sides. The structure is made of squared rubble with tooled ashlar dressings, although the south elevation has considerable rendering and some alterations. This elevation includes a substantial central gabled hoist-loft that serves both the first and loft floors, with double leaf plank doors on either side.
The east and west gables have symmetrical window arrangements, with a central door in the east gable situated beneath a square window. This is flanked by additional windows on the ground and first floors. The loft is illuminated by paired pointed-headed triple lancets. A datestone is positioned in the center of the gable. The north elevation features regularly spaced single lancets for ventilation and light in the loft. The eaves cornice has continuous blocked detailing, and the plain bargeboarded gables are topped with a slate roof that includes three truncated ridge ventilators.
Inside, the ground floor is used as a byre.
Local climate
Smith's Barn, Achranich, Ardtornish Estate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,030 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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