2 Luib, Skye is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
2 Luib, Skye
- WRENN ID
- patient-corner-holly
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 2 Luib, Skye, IV49 9AN
- OS grid reference
- NG 564 279
- Coordinates
- 57.27734, -6.04178
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a traditional Skye cottage from the mid-19th century. It is a single-storey building with three bays and a central door. The walls are made of rubble with rounded corners, and the rear elevation is built into the side of a hill. The cottage features gable end stacks and has a piended thatched roof.
Local climate
2 Luib, Skye sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,960 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, 11 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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