22 Slate Quarry Workers' Dwellings, Ellanbeich, Seil is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 November 1973.

22 Slate Quarry Workers' Dwellings, Ellanbeich, Seil

WRENN ID
low-portal-juniper
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 November 1973
OS grid reference
NM 743 172
Coordinates
56.29416, -5.64846
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This group of cottages, known as 20 Slate Quarry Workers' Dwellings, is located in Ellanbeich on the island of Seil. The cottages are single-storey structures, built from rubble, with most of them being harled and roofed with slate. They are situated alongside the Old Inn, which is a two-storey building, and Monaveen Lodge, which is one and a half storeys tall.

Local climate

22 Slate Quarry Workers' Dwellings, Ellanbeich, Seil sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,300 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 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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