Torosay Castle, Mull is a Grade A listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Mansion. 3 related planning applications.

Torosay Castle, Mull

WRENN ID
inner-turret-bittern
Grade
A
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
Mansion
Address
Torosay Castle, Mull, PA65 6AY
OS grid reference
NM 728 352
Coordinates
56.45491, -5.68722
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Torosay Castle, located on the Isle of Mull, is a Scots Baronial mansion built in 1856 by architect David Bryce. The building features distinctive corbie-step gables and a square tower topped with a corbelled and crenellated parapet. The entrance front showcases an aediculed window, a stepped stringcourse, and a knotted rope motif. There is also a round tower with a conical roof. Inside, the original interiors include a massive Jacobean staircase in the entrance hall, with the south front exhibiting more Jacobean elements. The castle is adorned with fine balustraded parapets that lead down to the gardens, which are terraced and attributed to Sir Robert Lorimer.

Local climate

Torosay Castle, Mull 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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