Cuiashader, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 1991. Sheiling.

Cuiashader, Lewis

WRENN ID
salt-foundation-dale
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Constituency
Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 1991
Type
Sheiling
OS grid reference
NB 547 583
Coordinates
58.44426, -6.20381
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Cuiashader is a traditional sheiling located in Lewis, part of a larger group of similar structures that mostly date from the 19th century. This Hebridean-type building is built into a sloping bank and constructed from rubble, with some rebuilding around the doorway, which is positioned off-centre to the right on the front long wall. There is a concrete wall-head stack nearby, and the sheiling features a turf roof.

Local climate

Cuiashader, Lewis sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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