Taigh Violet Rose, 10 Uachdar, Isle of Benbecula is a Grade C listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 April 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Taigh Violet Rose, 10 Uachdar, Isle of Benbecula
- WRENN ID
- tall-courtyard-azure
- Grade
- C
- 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
- Cottage
- Address
- Taigh Violet Rose, 10 Uachdar, Isle of Benbecula, HS7 5LY
- OS grid reference
- NF 800 552
- Coordinates
- 57.4741, -7.33881
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Taigh Violet Rose is a single-storey, three-bay thatched cottage located at 10 Uachdar on the Isle of Benbecula. It dates from the late 19th or early 20th century and features a central door. The cottage is built from rubble with squared angles and is limewashed. There is a single window in the centre of the rear wall and an end chimney, which has been repaired. The roof is thatched with reed and has a straw ridge that is secured with hazel spars. Additionally, the entire roof is netted.
Local climate
Taigh Violet Rose, 10 Uachdar, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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