The New Jail, Inveraray is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 August 1966. Prison.

The New Jail, Inveraray

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 August 1966
Type
Prison
OS grid reference
NN 096 083
Coordinates
56.22969, -5.07222
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The New Jail in Inveraray was built around 1845 and is a Victorian structure designed by architect Thomas Brown. It has three storeys and an attic, constructed from coursed rubble that is partly harled, with gabled slate roofs and ashlar chimneys. A wing has been added to the south, and there is a gabled projecting bay on the north side. Inside, there are four vaulted cells on each floor that open off a vaulted corridor, except for the attic, which contains one long cell.

Local climate

The New Jail, Inveraray sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,950 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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