Gillies's House, Front Street East, Inveraray is a Grade A listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 August 1966. House. 6 related planning applications.

Gillies's House, Front Street East, Inveraray

WRENN ID
wild-transept-bracken
Grade
A
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
House
Address
Gillies's House, Front Street East, Inveraray, PA32 8UY
OS grid reference
NN 096 085
Coordinates
56.23113, -5.07198
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gillies's House, located on Front Street East in Inveraray, was built in 1760 and is an example of Georgian architecture. The building has two storeys and a basement, featuring five windows across its façade. It is constructed from rubble with dressed face-work and has a gabled slate roof. The eaves are moulded, and the corners of the building are accentuated with quoins.

In front of the house, there are railings, and the entrance includes a rusticated doorway that is accessed by balustraded steps. The doorway is topped with a segmental fan-light. At the rear of the house, there is a semi-circular tower.

Local climate

Gillies's House, Front Street East, 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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