Westford Inn, Claddach-Kyles, North Uist is a Grade B listed building in the Na h-Eileanan Siar local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 January 1980. Inn. 1 related planning application.

Westford Inn, Claddach-Kyles, North Uist

WRENN ID
veiled-eave-moss
Grade
B
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
Inn
Address
Westford Inn, Claddach-Kyles, North Uist, HS6 5EP
OS grid reference
NF 774 661
Coordinates
57.57025, -7.3967
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Westford Inn, located in Claddach-Kyles, North Uist, is an inn built in the earlier 19th century, designed in a tea caddy style. It features a square plan with two storeys and three-bay elevations, except on the north side. The building has a pyramidal slate roof and low additions to the southwest. The exterior is made of roughly-coursed rubble, with square-headed openings. The east-facing central door is flanked by windows that have latticed glazing and single wooden mullions. A rendered apex stack is present on the roof. To the west, there is a small garden enclosed by low walls made of rubble.

Local climate

Westford Inn, Claddach-Kyles, North Uist sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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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