Archway, Amhuinnsuidhe, Harris is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1994. Archway and cottages.

Archway, Amhuinnsuidhe, Harris

WRENN ID
burning-foundation-laurel
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
Archway and cottages
OS grid reference
NB 048 078
Coordinates
57.96169, -6.99202
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Archway at Amhuinnsuidhe in Harris, built around 1867, is attributed to architect David Bryce as part of his work for the Earl of Dunmore. This carriage archway, which may have been heightened in recent years, spans the main road and leads to a long two-storey row of cottages, along with a former coach house and stables. The structure is built of rubble with imported ashlar dressings.

The archway features a castellated design with a drum tower at the south end, topped by an iron finial that rises from within the parapet. A lean-to screen wall connects to a rubble wall that extends southward, serving as a retaining wall and flood barrier at the eastern end of the mansion house's front garden.

The long row of buildings is two storeys high, flat-fronted, and has crow-stepped gables with chamfered margins. The ground floor openings are stepped to follow the slope, while the eaves level remains unbroken. At the eastern end, there are three flat-lintelled openings for the coach house, featuring relieving arches, alongside four bays that likely served as stables, with a single loft opening. The remainder of the row consists of domestic housing, with sash windows displaying a four-pane glazing pattern, end and axial stacks, and a slate roof.

Local climate

Archway, Amhuinnsuidhe, Harris 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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