Cuir na Bhoir, 51 Balgarva, Eochar, Isle of 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. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Cuir na Bhoir, 51 Balgarva, Eochar, Isle of South Uist
- WRENN ID
- patient-chancel-thrush
- 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
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cuir na Bhoir, 51 Balgarva, Eochar, Isle of South Uist, HS8 5RB
- OS grid reference
- NF 768 467
- Coordinates
- 57.39626, -7.38174
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Cuir na Bhoir is a single-storey, three-bay thatched cottage located at 51 Balgarva in Eochar on the Isle of South Uist. Likely built in the 19th century, it features a central door and a single window in the center of the rear elevation. The cottage has rubble-built and rendered walls with curved angles and end chimney stacks. The roof is made of reed or straw thatch, which is secured with netting and a single thick rope above the eaves.
Local climate
Cuir na Bhoir, 51 Balgarva, Eochar, Isle of South Uist 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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