Fishing Station, Badachro is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1991. Former fishing station, house.

Fishing Station, Badachro

WRENN ID
third-threshold-elder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 April 1991
Type
Former fishing station, house
OS grid reference
NG 781 741
Coordinates
57.70225, -5.72558
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Fishing Station in Badachro is an early to mid-19th century building that has undergone later alterations. Originally a fishing station, it is built into the ground that slopes down to the sea, featuring a quay and two stone jetties. The structure was originally two stories with an attic and comprised three bays, with an outside stair located at the right gable. In the 1930s, it was extended by two bays to create a five-bay house. The exterior is finished with white painted harl and purple slates, and it has broad harled stacks and modern glazing.

On the front (east) elevation, the original openings have been altered at the ground floor following the two-bay addition. The original door has been blocked, and a central door has been created to the right, with two windows on each side, which have been enlarged to the outer bays. The first floor features five windows, and there are two timber gabled dormers in the attic. The rear of the building is accessed at the first floor through a modern conservatory that leads to a lean-to porch addition, and there is also an attic skylight.

Inside, there is one large room on the ground floor, which has a trapdoor that provides access to the first floor from above. The front of the house is flanked by rubble quay walls that extend to the north and south, with the two stone jetties located to the south.

Local climate

Fishing Station, Badachro sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,780 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 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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