Glenbarr Abbey is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. House.
Glenbarr Abbey
- WRENN ID
- empty-basalt-lake
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1980
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NR 669 363
- Coordinates
- 55.56507, -5.69697
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Glenbarr Abbey is an old house that was altered and extended around 1815 in the Gothic style. It has two storeys and a low floor, constructed from random rubble with dressed facework. The building features piended slated roofs and crenellated parapets, along with buttresses and hood-mouldings. The western extension has a 'church-like' projection with pinnacles. The south wing, built in a similar style but dated 1844, consists of three blocks of diminishing heights. Inside, the Stair Hall is notable for its ribbed plaster vault. The Gothic alterations and the western wing are stylistically attributed to James Gillespie Graham.
Local climate
Glenbarr Abbey sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 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 1 freeze-thaw cycle 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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