Gates And Gatepiers, Screen Walls, Amhuinnsuidhe Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1994. Screen wall and gate.

Gates And Gatepiers, Screen Walls, Amhuinnsuidhe Castle

WRENN ID
steep-finial-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
30 March 1994
Type
Screen wall and gate
OS grid reference
NB 046 080
Coordinates
57.96334, -6.99511
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gates and gatepiers, along with the screen walls at Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, were likely constructed around 1867 as part of the work by architect David Bryce. This screen wall and gateway serve as a visual announcement of arrival at the mansion. Currently, the roadway crosses a cattle-grid, with a two-leaf vehicle gate located on the north side of the roadway and a pedestrian gate directly opposite on the south side. The gates and gatepiers are made of cast iron, featuring spike-headed rails. The screen walls on either side are built from imported stugged ashlar, while the wall to the south is constructed from rubble and steps downwards like castellations towards the river. This river has been designed into a cascade that flows into a dammed pool, contributing to the overall "country house" concept.

Local climate

Gates And Gatepiers, Screen Walls, Amhuinnsuidhe Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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