Ardheisker thatched cottage, Isle of North Uist is a Grade A listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Ardheisker thatched cottage, Isle of North Uist
- WRENN ID
- far-oriel-holly
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NF 764 673
- Coordinates
- 57.57952, -7.41521
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ardheisker is a single-storey crofthouse located on the Isle of North Uist, likely dating from the 19th century. The cottage faces east and features an elevation that is four irregular bays wide. The three northern bays include a central entrance, while there is a single window to the south. The side and rear walls are blank. The walls are made of thick, slightly battered rubble that has been limewashed and has curved angles. There are end chimney stacks and an off-centre axial drainpipe flue. The timber roof structure was previously thatched.
Local climate
Ardheisker thatched cottage, Isle of North Uist sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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