The Old Manse, Ballygrant, Islay is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Manse.

The Old Manse, Ballygrant, Islay

WRENN ID
sheer-footing-rook
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
Manse
OS grid reference
NR 387 656
Coordinates
55.8133, -6.17115
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Manse in Ballygrant, Islay, was built around 1830 and designed by Thomas Telford. This plain Georgian building has two storeys and is three windows wide. It features harled walls, a gabled structure, and a slate roof with skews. There are band courses present, and the roof extends over a one-storey section at the rear, which includes piended offices at the end.

Local climate

The Old Manse, Ballygrant, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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