Boathouse, Dubh Loch, Inveraray Castle Estate is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Boathouse.

Boathouse, Dubh Loch, Inveraray Castle Estate

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 August 1980
Type
Boathouse
OS grid reference
NN 112 108
Coordinates
56.25294, -5.04807
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The boathouse at Dubh Loch on the Inveraray Castle Estate dates back to 1752 and was built by a potter and mason. It is constructed from rubble and features a gabled design. The structure is currently roofless and has a segmental arch at the end facing the loch.

Local climate

Boathouse, Dubh Loch, Inveraray Castle Estate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,060 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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