7 James Street, Stornoway, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 July 1990. Industrial building.

7 James Street, Stornoway, Lewis

WRENN ID
fallen-pilaster-dawn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Constituency
Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 July 1990
Type
Industrial building
OS grid reference
NB 425 327
Coordinates
58.20772, -6.38354
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

7 James Street in Stornoway is a modern industrial building from the 1930s, constructed between 1931 and 1940. It features a cream-harled exterior with rendered bands and detailing. The building has horizontally-proportioned glazing with timber and metal frames, and concealed pitched and slated roofs. The front of the building is nearly symmetrical, with a tall centre bay that is set slightly forward, a deep-hooded doorway, and an elongated three-light window above. To the right, there is a gateway flanked by tall piers topped with ball finials.

Local climate

7 James 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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