Glencruitten House, Oban is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. House. 4 related planning applications.
Glencruitten House, Oban
- WRENN ID
- tilted-tin-elder
- 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
- Type
- House
- Address
- Glencruitten House, Oban, PA34 4QB
- OS grid reference
- NM 879 297
- Coordinates
- 56.41199, -5.43822
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Glencruitten House, located in Oban, was built in 1897 and altered in 1903 by architect Edward Appin. This two-storey building is designed in a Scottish style, featuring harled walls and corbie-step gables. It includes angle turrets that enhance its architectural interest. The interior, along with its furniture, was designed by Lorimer between 1927 and 1928, showcasing a dining room with a plaster ceiling and panelling. Lorimer also added a library, an ante room, and a servant's wing during this period.
Local climate
Glencruitten House, Oban sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,220 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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