Seann Taigh, 472a South Lochboisdale, Isle of South Uist is a Grade A listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1980. Cottage.

Seann Taigh, 472a South Lochboisdale, Isle of South Uist

WRENN ID
stubborn-cinder-spindle
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Constituency
Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 January 1980
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NF 785 175
Coordinates
57.1359, -7.31551
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Seann Taigh is a single-storey, three-bay cottage located at 472a South Lochboisdale on the Isle of South Uist. Likely built in the 19th century, it features a central door and a single window in the centre of the rear wall. The cottage is constructed from rubble with roughly-squared angles and painted reveals, and it has end chimney stacks. The roof is thatched with heather, which is netted and secured with wire and stone weights. After 2004, the cottage was renovated for use as holiday accommodation.

Local climate

Seann Taigh, 472a South Lochboisdale, Isle of South Uist sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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