Limekiln Cottage Loch-An-Eilein is a Grade C listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Limekiln Cottage Loch-An-Eilein
- WRENN ID
- veiled-balcony-summer
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NH 896 083
- Coordinates
- 57.15276, -3.82497
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an early 19th century, single-storey, three-bay cottage situated within the Cairngorms National Park. The cottage is harled, and features an off-centre door, multi-pane windows, and a small loft light in the south gable. It has end chimneys and a roof covered with graded local slate. The interior is a single, open space with no room partitions. The cottage currently functions as an information bureau and interpretation centre.
Nearby stands the remains of a late 18th to early 19th century lime kiln, constructed of rubble. It is located close to the cottage. Loch an Eilein, including its castle situated on an islet within the loch, is a Scheduled Monument.
Local climate
Limekiln Cottage Loch-An-Eilein sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 80 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 62 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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