Island House, Tiree is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. House.

Island House, Tiree

WRENN ID
still-grate-evening
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
OS grid reference
NL 986 435
Coordinates
56.48704, -6.89812
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Island House, built in 1748, is a traditional structure that incorporates the thick walls of a medieval keep. The building has undergone later alterations to its roof and windows. It stands two storeys high with an attic and is harled with a gabled design. The house features round-headed dormers and has two later 19th-century two-storey gabled bays at the front, which include insets with dates; the western bay is marked '1874', while the eastern bay has a date taken from the older part, '1748'. At the western end, there is an L-shaped one-storey office. The roof, which was originally slated, has been re-clad in Marley tiles.

Local climate

Island House, Tiree sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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