27 Francis Street, Stornoway, Lewis is a Grade C listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1993.

27 Francis Street, Stornoway, Lewis

WRENN ID
twelfth-jade-crow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Constituency
Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 February 1993
Address
27 Francis Street, Stornoway, Lewis, HS1 2NF
OS grid reference
NB 426 328
Coordinates
58.20902, -6.38337
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

25 Francis Street in Stornoway, Lewis, is part of a row of four adjoining houses, all dating from the earlier to later 19th century. Each house has two storeys and features a symmetrical front elevation with three bays and a central door. The exteriors are harled with contrasting painted margins, and some have ashlar or render finishes, topped with slate roofs. Starting from the left, No. 29 has a pilastered doorcase, while Nos. 25 and 27 have paired doors that share a bracketed hood. No. 23A is lower in height and has been modernised.

Local climate

27 Francis Street, Stornoway, Lewis sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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