38-40 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1993. 2 related planning applications.
38-40 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Lewis
- WRENN ID
- woven-portal-hawthorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1993
- Address
- 38-40 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Lewis, HS1 2DD
- OS grid reference
- NB 422 329
- Coordinates
- 58.20957, -6.38889
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
32, 34, and 36 Cromwell Street is a three-storey tenement block with shops on the ground floor, built in two stages. The first part, which is a symmetrical three-bay range closest to the south, appears to be from the late 19th century. A full-height two-bay extension adjoins the north gable and closely replicates the original detailing. The building is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings, features apex stacks, and has slate roofs, although some parts may now be partly tiled.
At the rear, there have been alterations, including a flat-roofed centre outshot and a forestair, both likely original. The original range includes two shops at ground level, with a modern shop front on the left. The first floor has four single windows, with the original sash windows on the left. The second floor features arched windows, with a bipartite window in the wide centre wall-head gable and single outer windows that break through the eaves, topped with arched dormer heads.
The addition has a shop on the ground floor and a pedestrian pend, with two bays above. The shallow-arched second-floor windows extend into the wide centre gable.
Local climate
38-40 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Lewis sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 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 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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