Post Office, Boisdale House, South Lochboisdale, South Uist is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1980.

Post Office, Boisdale House, South Lochboisdale, South Uist

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Constituency
Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 January 1980
OS grid reference
NF 771 177
Coordinates
57.13686, -7.33816
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Boisdale House, located in South Lochboisdale on South Uist, was likely built mostly in the first half of the 19th century. It is a single-storey building with attics, arranged in a U-shape around a courtyard. The structure is primarily made of rubble, with some harled sections, particularly on the courtyard and the west elevations, as well as the south gables.

The west elevation features three southern bays, with the inner bay being advanced and gabled, complete with end stacks. There are two additional bays to the left. The east range has an east elevation that includes three single-storey bays and three taller bays with windows located only at attic level, along with a forestair leading to the courtyard. The north range houses the Post Office, which has a central south-facing door flanked by two windows. The windows are small-paned sash types, and the roofs are covered with slate. There are also outbuildings located to the east and south-west of the main house.

Local climate

Post Office, Boisdale House, South Lochboisdale, South Uist sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 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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