Piermaster's Offices And Lamp Standards, North Pier, Oban is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 May 1995. Offices. 4 related planning applications.
Piermaster's Offices And Lamp Standards, North Pier, Oban
- WRENN ID
- brooding-steeple-lichen
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1995
- Type
- Offices
- Address
- Piermaster's Offices And Lamp Standards, North Pier, Oban, PA34 5QD
- OS grid reference
- NM 857 301
- Coordinates
- 56.41464, -5.47466
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Piermaster's Offices and lamp standards at North Pier in Oban were built in 1927. This near-symmetrical, single-storey U-plan harbour office building is notable for its central two-storey square tower.
The tower is constructed of red brick with infill panels, featuring a string course and decorative elements made of Winget blocks, along with a terracotta datestone. It has an arched pend and a metal dome set in a shallow pyramid, topped with a contemporary cubic clock as a finial. Large tripartite glazed round-headed windows are located beneath the pend lighting, adjacent to the offices.
The offices are made of rendered and painted brick, with timber doors that have glazed upper panels splayed to either side of the pend. The windows are timber sash and case style, with six-pane upper sashes and plate glass below. The building has a metal piended roof, with single-flue stacks and canted bays symmetrically arranged around the tower.
Additionally, there are three cast-iron lamp standards located adjacent to the west front of the building.
Local climate
Piermaster's Offices And Lamp Standards, North Pier, Oban sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,230 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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