Cottage, Ichrachan is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 October 1991.
Cottage, Ichrachan
- WRENN ID
- watchful-truss-torch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1991
- OS grid reference
- NN 010 307
- Coordinates
- 56.4267, -5.22722
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a traditional Dalriadic-type cottage, likely dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, and forming part of the original crofting settlement at Ichrachan. The cottage sits on the southwest corner of the settlement, facing south and set below the road, and is part of a formal open-square layout. Other buildings in the square have undergone significant alteration.
The walls are whitewashed rubble, with corrugated iron replacing the original thatched roof. The front of the cottage has three bays, with a central boarded door and four-pane sash windows. An end stack remains on the east side, above a corrugated iron lean-to. A similar range extends from the west side, built on a whitewashed rubble base with timber and corrugated iron above.
The rear of the cottage features three windows, all with four panes; two are sash and case windows.
The cottage is part of a group of listed cottages at Ichrachan and is located near the roadside at the west end of the township.
Local climate
Cottage, Ichrachan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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