17, Colchester Square, Lochgilphead is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971.

17, Colchester Square, Lochgilphead

WRENN ID
muffled-quoin-primrose
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 July 1971
Address
17, Colchester Square, Lochgilphead, PA31 8LH
OS grid reference
NR 861 879
Coordinates
56.03696, -5.43358
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

7 and 9 Colchester Square in Lochgilphead is a plain Georgian building dating from 1822. It has two storeys and is rendered with a slate roof. The building features rolled skew-puts, one of which is dated "1822". There are three doorways adorned with Doric pilasters, an architrave, and a cornice. Additionally, there is an outside stair and some later additions at the rear.

Local climate

17, Colchester Square, Lochgilphead sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,790 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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