Bunnahabhainn Distillery, Islay is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Distillery. 3 related planning applications.

Bunnahabhainn Distillery, Islay

WRENN ID
weathered-barrel-thrush
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 August 1980
Type
Distillery
Address
Bunnahabhainn Distillery, Islay, PA46 7RP
OS grid reference
NR 420 732
Coordinates
55.88267, -6.12604
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Bunnahabhainn Distillery, dated 1881, is a large complex consisting of buildings that are 2, 3, and 4 storeys high. The exterior is harled, and the roofs are covered with piended slate. The structure features band-courses. The distillery is arranged with a high building on three sides of a yard, while a wall with rock-faced ashlar and an elliptical arch forms the fourth side. The date is displayed on the spandrels, and there is a low building located behind the main structure.

Local climate

Bunnahabhainn Distillery, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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