Fernlea, 9 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.

Fernlea, 9 Matheson Road, Stornoway, Lewis

WRENN ID
second-rafter-rain
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
OS grid reference
NB 427 330
Coordinates
58.21061, -6.38204
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This late 19th century double villa at 11 Matheson Road in Stornoway is two storeys high and features iron-railed boundary walls. The building has four bays, arranged as two on each side, with inner doorways. The outer bays have full-height canted windows, with the left bay (at No 11) featuring a polygonal turret roof, while a gabled attic dormer is located behind it on the right (at No 9). The overall design is symmetrical. The exterior is finished in painted render with contrasting detailing, and horizontal banding separates the floors. The windows have modern glazing. The timber divides in the doorways create sidelights and fanlights, although the door framing on the left has been altered. The villa has end and centre axial stacks and a slate roof, with different types of slate used for each house. The boundary walls are topped with decorative cast-iron railings, and there are closed-spaced front gates along with outer vehicle gates that have square gatepiers.

Local climate

Fernlea, 9 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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