Toward Quay is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 March 1991.

Toward Quay

WRENN ID
gentle-shingle-wind
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 March 1991
OS grid reference
NS 110 678
Coordinates
55.86657, -5.02167
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an early 19th-century rubble pier, likely dating from around 1820-1821, a period coinciding with the construction of nearby Toward Castle by David Hamilton for Kirkman Finlay. The pier's east face is largely built from rubble and sits partly on exposed rock. The wall rises to form a breakwater and features an ashlar-coped top. Steps lead down to the water at the pier's far end, alongside concrete repairs, which may have been undertaken by the Glasgow Corporation and local residents in 1950. A shoreline quay is located at the pier's west end. A steel extension was added during the First World War, but it has since been removed. Information regarding the pier was provided by A Robertson of Toward.

Local climate

Toward Quay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,740 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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