23 Matheson Road, Stornoway, Lewis is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 February 1993. Villa.

23 Matheson Road, Stornoway, Lewis

WRENN ID
stark-transept-quill
Grade
B
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
Type
Villa
OS grid reference
NB 426 332
Coordinates
58.21269, -6.38309
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This late 19th century villa at 23 Matheson Road in Stornoway is a two-storey, three-bay building with an iron-railed boundary wall. The exterior is rendered with painted details. It features an arched doorway with a panelled two-leaf door and a fanlight, set within a pilastered and arched doorcase. The ground floor windows are canted and crenellated, while the first floor windows break through the eaves and have gabled dormer heads. The glazing is modern. The villa has end stacks, a slate roof, and a rear wing. There is a modern conservatory on the right (south) gable. The boundary wall is stepped to follow the slope and is topped with decorative cast-iron railings, with a particularly elaborate front gate.

Local climate

23 Matheson Road, 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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