The Duke's Tower, Inveraray is a Grade A listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 August 1980. Belfry. 1 related planning application.

The Duke's Tower, Inveraray

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 August 1980
Type
Belfry
Address
The Duke's Tower, Inveraray, PA32 8UH
OS grid reference
NN 094 084
Coordinates
56.23032, -5.07535
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Duke's Tower in Inveraray is a Gothic Revival structure built between 1923 and 1932. It is constructed from rubble laid in courses, featuring dressed face-work. The tower is designed in three stages and includes a crenellated parapet and an angle turret. At the northern end, there is a high pointed arch, and the tower is adorned with decorated windows. It houses ten bells that were cast in 1920 by Taylor and Sons of Loughborough.

Local climate

The Duke's Tower, 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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