Former School And Schoolhouse, Gravir, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 March 1993. School.

Former School And Schoolhouse, Gravir, Lewis

WRENN ID
half-foundation-kestrel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Constituency
Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 March 1993
Type
School
OS grid reference
NB 381 151
Coordinates
58.04837, -6.4387
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The former school and schoolhouse in Gravir, Lewis, was built after the 1872 Education Act. It is designed in a T-plan layout, with the schoolhouse located at the rear (south). The building features harled walls, small-paned single or timber-mullioned windows, and slate roofs.

The school has a symmetrical three-bay front with three windows, and the centre gable contains taller windows. There is a porch that is recessed on the right-hand side.

The schoolhouse is a single storey with an attic, featuring higher eaves and roof-ridge levels, although the roofs are integrated. It has gabled dormer-heads at the first floor and apex stacks.

The playground is enclosed by walls made of rubble.

Local climate

Former School And Schoolhouse, Gravir, Lewis sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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