Boathouse, Ackergillshore is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 March 1987. Former life boat house.

Boathouse, Ackergillshore

WRENN ID
strange-stone-moss
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP: Jamie Stone (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
6 March 1987
Type
Former life boat house
OS grid reference
ND 358 544
Coordinates
58.47381, -3.10123
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The boathouse at Ackergillshore, built around 1880, is a rectangular single-storey lifeboat house constructed from tooled rubble with contrasting sandstone dressings. It features a square-headed entrance beneath a segmental relieving arch, with a louvred vent located in the gablet above. The long elevation, which runs roughly north to south, has three bays and is topped with a slate roof. Additionally, there are red pottery roundels set on each side of the entrance.

Local climate

Boathouse, Ackergillshore receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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