Youth Hostel, No.5 Gearrannan Blackhouse Village is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 February 1978.

Youth Hostel, No.5 Gearrannan Blackhouse Village

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Constituency
Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 February 1978
OS grid reference
NB 193 442
Coordinates
58.29651, -6.79245
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village consists of a group of nine single-storey, Hebridean-type crofthouses, built along either side of a narrow road leading down towards the machair. These buildings likely date from the late 19th century and were occupied until the 1970s. In the late 20th century, the crofthouses were restored, with some being rebuilt. The group includes a museum of crofting life, a youth hostel, self-catering holiday accommodation, a shop and café, an office, and associated amenities.

The crofthouses feature battered rubble walls with a mix of rounded and squared corners. All have straw-thatched roofs secured with netting, rope, and weighting stones. Some roofs have crowsteps at one or both ends of the ridge.

Local climate

Youth Hostel, No.5 Gearrannan Blackhouse Village sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. Office, No.5a Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Grade B 11 m
  2. Museum, No.6 Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Grade B 23 m
  3. Taigh Glass, Holiday Cottage, Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Grade B 23 m
  4. Laundry Block, No.3b, Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Grade B 31 m
  5. Toilet Block, No.3c Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Grade B 32 m
  6. Taigh an t-Seoladair, Holiday Cottage, Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Grade B 39 m
  7. Taigh Thormoid 'an 'ic Iain, Holiday Cottage, Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Grade B 41 m
  8. Taigh Lata, Holiday Cottage, Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Grade B 47 m
  9. Visitor Reception/Cafe, Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Grade B 49 m
  10. Carloway Free Church Grade B 2.1 km