1 Aird Cumhang, Hacklet, Isle of Benbecula is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 April 1985. Crofthouse.
1 Aird Cumhang, Hacklet, Isle of Benbecula
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-steel-sable
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1985
- Type
- Crofthouse
- OS grid reference
- NF 831 478
- Coordinates
- 57.41056, -7.2779
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
1 Aird Cumhang is a small thatched crofthouse located in Hacklet on the Isle of Benbecula, built in the late 19th or early 20th century. The building is single-storey with a three-bay east front featuring a central entrance that has a timber gate. There is a single window in the center of the west wall. The structure is constructed from rubble with slightly battered walls and squared angles. A chimney stack is positioned on the northeast gable. The roof retains remnants of marram thatch, which is supported by a turf underlay, along with netting and stone weights.
Local climate
1 Aird Cumhang, Hacklet, Isle of Benbecula sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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