Taynish House is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. House. 5 related planning applications.
Taynish House
- WRENN ID
- half-span-coral
- Grade
- B
- 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
- House
- Address
- Taynish House, PA31 8PW
- OS grid reference
- NR 725 831
- Coordinates
- 55.98697, -5.64813
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Taynish House is an 18th-century building that likely includes some work from the 17th century. It features a Georgian L-plan design and stands two storeys tall. The exterior is harled, with slate and shingle roofs. The main block at the front has two large semi-circular bays, and there is one at the rear. A tower is located in the re-entrant angle of the building. The windows are fitted with panelled internal shutters. Additionally, there is a stone channel beneath the house, resembling a mill lade.
Local climate
Taynish House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,800 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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