Taigh Ailean, Ruisgarry, Berneray, Isle of North Uist is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Crofthouse.

Taigh Ailean, Ruisgarry, Berneray, Isle of North Uist

WRENN ID
open-rubblework-birch
Grade
B
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
Crofthouse
OS grid reference
NF 929 815
Coordinates
57.71864, -7.15854
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Taigh Ailean is a single-storey, three-bay thatched crofthouse located in Ruisgarry, Berneray, on the Isle of North Uist. Likely built in the 19th century, it underwent renovation and rethatching between 2005 and 2010. The building features thick, battered, rubble-built walls with curved angles. On the rear (southwest) elevation, there are three window openings with splayed reveals. It has an end chimney stack and a marram thatched roof, which includes a continuous marram ridge that is secured with netting and weighted down by stones held in place with wire. The listing excludes the single-storey addition on the northeast elevation.

Local climate

Taigh Ailean, Ruisgarry, Berneray, Isle of North Uist sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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