Oronsay Farm is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. House. 1 related planning application.
Oronsay Farm
- WRENN ID
- former-grate-lark
- 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
- Oronsay Farm, PA61 7YS
- OS grid reference
- NR 349 888
- Coordinates
- 56.01934, -6.25511
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Oronsay Farm is a traditional building dating from 1772. It is two storeys high with an attic and features a gabled slate roof. The structure includes skewed gables, dormers, and two gabled projecting bays at the front, along with a lean-to at the eastern end.
The steading consists of several oblong byres that are linked to the rear of the house. These byres are constructed of rubble and also have gabled slate roofs, with segmental arches. Additionally, there is an octagonal barn that has a pyramidal slate roof.
Local climate
Oronsay Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 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 experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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