Foreland House, Islay is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. House.
Foreland House, Islay
- WRENN ID
- low-step-storm
- 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
- OS grid reference
- NR 269 643
- Coordinates
- 55.7947, -6.35746
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Foreland House is a Georgian building dating from around 1820. It has two storeys and is finished with harled exterior walls. The house features double-gabled slate roofs and a classical doorway that includes a pediment, columns, and unusual abaci. The interior is noted for its quality. To the east, there is a two-storey addition and a conservatory with a polygonal end. An earlier house is located to the west, which encloses a yard.
Local climate
Foreland House, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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