, 23 Bornesketaig, Skye is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982.
, 23 Bornesketaig, Skye
- WRENN ID
- small-basalt-flax
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1982
- OS grid reference
- NG 383 703
- Coordinates
- 57.6464, -6.38761
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a 19th century traditional house located at 23 Bornesketaig, Skye. It is a single-storey, three-bay building with rubble walls that are battered and have slightly rounded corners. The walls are whitewashed. The rear elevation has one window, and gable end stacks are present. The roof is piended and covered in felt.
Local climate
, 23 Bornesketaig, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,600 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No sale records on file
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