Byre, No. 40, Beaton's Cottage, Bornesketaig, Skye is a Grade A listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. 1 related planning application.

Byre, No. 40, Beaton's Cottage, Bornesketaig, Skye

WRENN ID
still-sandstone-fen
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Address
Byre, No. 40, Beaton's Cottage, Bornesketaig, Skye, IV51 9YS
OS grid reference
NG 378 707
Coordinates
57.64987, -6.39641
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century traditional house located at 40 Bornesketaig, Skye. It is a single-story, three-bay building with a central doorway. The house is constructed of white-washed rubble with rounded corners, featuring small, four-pane windows and a similar window at the rear. It has gable end stacks and a piended thatched roof. A single-story byre, built using matching materials, is attached and lit by two skylights. The house is currently lived in and is in excellent condition.

Local climate

Byre, No. 40, Beaton's Cottage, 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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