Thatched Cottage, Lonbain is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 February 1986. Cottage.
Thatched Cottage, Lonbain
- WRENN ID
- stranded-marble-claret
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NG 686 531
- Coordinates
- 57.50912, -5.86327
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Thatched Cottage in Lonbain is a small, single-storey building dating from the earlier to mid-19th century. It faces west and features three bays. The cottage is likely cruck-framed and constructed from drystone rubble. The entrance is located at the center and has roughly dressed door jambs, with small windows flanking it. There is also a small central light at the rear. The north gablet is pegged turf, and the roof is straw thatched. There are no chimneys, but clay drainpipes project at each rounded apex to function as flues. Inside, the cottage is said to be timber lined.
Local climate
Thatched Cottage, Lonbain sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,140 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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