153 Howmore, South Uist is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
153 Howmore, South Uist
- WRENN ID
- dark-banister-poplar
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Constituency
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP: Torcuil Crichton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 153 Howmore, South Uist, HS8 5SH
- OS grid reference
- NF 758 363
- Coordinates
- 57.30196, -7.38394
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
153 Howmore is a probably 19th-century Skye-type thatched cottage. It is a single-storey building with a centre-doored, three-bay east front and a single window on the east wall. The cottage is constructed from rubble and features curved angles. It has end stacks and a muran thatch roof, which is secured with ropes and stone weights. There are derelict outbuildings located to the south and west of the cottage.
Local climate
153 Howmore, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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