The Manse, Raasay is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Manse.
The Manse, Raasay
- WRENN ID
- long-iron-hemlock
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1982
- Type
- Manse
- OS grid reference
- NG 556 363
- Coordinates
- 57.35229, -6.06402
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Manse in Raasay is a two-storey, three-bay double pile building originally constructed in the early 19th century, with a front added in the mid 19th century. The exterior is made of harled rubble with tooled margins, some of which are painted. The front features a gabled design with advanced outer bays that connect to a canopied porch. It has lying pane glazing, corniced end stacks, and a slate roof with deep eaves on the later section.
Local climate
The Manse, Raasay 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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