List of Category A listed buildings in the Western Isles

This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the Western Isles of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest". Category A structures are those considered to be "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic, or fine little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type." Listing was begun by a provision in the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947, and the current legislative basis for listing is the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997. The authority for listing rests with Historic Scotland

Historic Scotland

Historic Scotland is an executive agency of the Scottish Government, responsible for historic monuments in Scotland.-Role:As its website states:...

, an executive agency

Executive agency

An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland...

of the Scottish Government, which inherited this role from the Scottish Development Department in 1991. Once listed, severe restrictions are imposed on the modifications allowed to a building's structure or its fittings. Listed building consent must be obtained from local authorities prior to any alteration to such a structure. There are approximately 47,400 listed buildings in Scotland, of which around 8% (or approximately 3,800) are Category A.

The council area

Subdivisions of Scotland

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as "councils"...

of Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) comprises an archipelago of over 100 islands and small skerries

Skerry

A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack....

, including 14 inhabited islands with a total population of around 26,500. There are 19 Category A listed buildings on the islands, representing a variety of types and ages of structure. The 13th-century Church of St Moluag

Teampull Mholuaidh

St Moluag's church is a 13th Century temple in the village of Eoropie in Ness in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.The church has a basic T shaped structure, with two small chapels on either side of the main body of the church. The southern chapel can only be accessed from outside...

is one of three A-listed church buildings. Kisimul Castle

Kisimul Castle

Kisimul Castle is a small medieval castle located in the centre of Castlebay on Barra, an island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland....

, built on a tiny island off the shore of Castlebay

Castlebay

Castlebay is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay.- Church :The...

, dates from the 15th century, while the two other A-listed castles at Amhuinnsuidhe

Amhuinnsuidhe Castle

Amhuinnsuidhe Castle is a large private country house on the Isle of Harris, one of the Western Isles off the north-west coast of Scotland. The house was built in 1865 for the 7th Earl of Dunmore, the then owner of the island. Amhuinnsuidhe was designed in the Scottish baronial style by architect...

and Lews

Lews Castle

Lews Castle is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It was built in the years 1847-57 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese Opium trade...

are Victorian

Victorian era

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...

. Functional architecture includes three important lighthouse

Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....

s, including Eilean Glas, the first lighthouse in the Western Isles. More prosaic building types are well represented, with eight traditional thatched

Thatching

Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge , rushes, or heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates...

cottages meriting Category A listing.

Listed buildings

Name	Location	Notes	HB Number The "HB Number" is a unique number assigned to each listed building by Historic Scotland Historic Scotland Historic Scotland is an executive agency of the Scottish Government, responsible for historic monuments in Scotland.-Role:As its website states:... .
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse	Butt of Lewis Butt of Lewis The Butt of Lewis is the most northerly point of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The headland, which lies in the North Atlantic, is frequently battered by heavy swells and storms.-Lighthouse:...	Built in the 1860s and designed by David Stevenson David Stevenson (engineer) David Stevenson FRSE FRSSA was a Scottish lighthouse designer, who designed over thirty lighthouses in and around Scotland, and helped found a great dynasty of lighthouse engineering.-Background:...	5768
Barra Head Lighthouse	Barra Head Barra Head Barra Head, also known as Berneray , is the southernmost of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Within the Outer Hebrides, it forms part of the Barra Isles archipelago. Originally, Barra Head only referred to the southernmost headland of Berneray but is now a common name for the entire island...	Designed by Robert Stevenson Robert Stevenson (civil engineer) Robert Stevenson FRSE MInstCE FSAS MWS FGS FRAS FSA was a Scottish civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses.One of his finest achievements was the construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse.-Early life:... and opened in 1833	5893
Kisimul Castle Kisimul Castle Kisimul Castle is a small medieval castle located in the centre of Castlebay on Barra, an island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland....	Castlebay Castlebay Castlebay is the main village and a community council area on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay.- Church :The... , Barra	16th-century castle on an island in Castle Bay	5901
St Moluag's Church Teampull Mholuaidh St Moluag's church is a 13th Century temple in the village of Eoropie in Ness in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.The church has a basic T shaped structure, with two small chapels on either side of the main body of the church. The southern chapel can only be accessed from outside... (Teampull Mholuaidh)	Eoropie Eoropie Eoropie is the most northerly village on the Isle of Lewis in the parish of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The Teampull Mholuaidh is to be found here.... , Lewis	13th-century church	6603
Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Amhuinnsuidhe Castle is a large private country house on the Isle of Harris, one of the Western Isles off the north-west coast of Scotland. The house was built in 1865 for the 7th Earl of Dunmore, the then owner of the island. Amhuinnsuidhe was designed in the Scottish baronial style by architect...	Harris	19th-century Scots baronial country house, designed by David Bryce David Bryce David Bryce FRSE FRIBA RSA was a Scottish architect. Born in Edinburgh, he was educated at the Royal High School and joined the office of architect William Burn in 1825, aged 22. By 1841, Bryce had risen to be Burn's partner...	12767
St Clement's Church	Rodel Rodel Rodel is a village on the south-eastern coast of Harris, an island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It was formerly the historic capital and main port of Harris before Tarbert took the title.... , Harris	15th-century church	12912
Eilean Glas Lighthouse Eilean Glas, Scalpay This particular Eilean Glas is actually a peninsula of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Eilean Glas is home to a historic lighthouse. Eilean Glas means Grey/Green Island in Gaelic.-Geography:Eilean Glas lies on the west coast of Scalpay at...	Scalpay Scalpay There is more than one island named Scalpay :Scalpay, Inner Hebrides Scalpay, Outer Hebrides...	The first lighthouse erected in the Western Isles, built 1789 by Thomas Smith Thomas Smith (engineer) Thomas Smith was a Scottish businessman and early lighthouse engineer. Born in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, his father drowned in Dundee harbour when he was young...	13487
9 Locheport	Locheport, North Uist North Uist North Uist is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.-Geography:North Uist is the tenth largest Scottish island and the thirteenth largest island surrounding Great Britain. It has an area of , slightly smaller than South Uist. North Uist is connected by causeways to Benbecula...	Hebridean-type thatched cottage	17570
29 Locheport	Locheport, North Uist	Hebridean-type thatched cottage	17571
Struan Cottage	Malaclete, North Uist	Hebridean-type thatched cottage	17582
Ardheisker thatched cottage	Ardheisker Ardheisker Ardheisker is a village in Western Isles, Scotland.... , North Uist	Hebridean-type thatched cottage	17585
Lews Castle Lews Castle Lews Castle is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It was built in the years 1847-57 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese Opium trade...	Stornoway Stornoway Stornoway is a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.The town's population is around 9,000, making it the largest settlement in the Western Isles and the third largest town in the Scottish Highlands after Inverness and Fort William... , Lewis	Mid 19th-century country house	18677
472b South Lochboisdale	Lochboisdale Lochboisdale Lochboisdale is a community and the main population centre on the island of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.The town profited from the herring boom in the 19th century, and a steamer pier was built in 1880... , South Uist South Uist South Uist is an island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,818. There is a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeological interest, including the only location in Great Britain where prehistoric mummies have been found. The...	Skye-type thatched cottage	18746
77 Ardmanonie	Eochar, South Uist	Skye-type thatched cottage	18767
429 North Lochboisdale	Lochboisdale, South Uist	Skye-type thatched cottage	18776
Lews Castle Lews Castle Lews Castle is a Victorian era castle located west of the town of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It was built in the years 1847-57 as a country house for Sir James Matheson who had bought the whole island a few years previously with his fortune from the Chinese Opium trade... Lodges, Boundary Walls, Sea Walls and Tower	Stornoway, Lewis	19th-century walls around Lews Castle	19206
St Columba's Church (Eye Church)	Aignish Aignish Aignish is located northwest of Knock and east of Stornoway on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis. The township is at the island side of the isthmus connecting to the Eye peninsula.... , Lewis	Late medieval church, now partly ruined	19210
Bualadubh	Eochar, South Uist	Skye-type thatched cottage	19908
North Beach Quay/North Beach Old Sail Loft	North Beach, Stornoway, Lewis	Large 19th-century warehouse with adjoining house	41735

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