Dunderave Castle is a Grade A listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Castle.
Dunderave Castle
- WRENN ID
- carved-cellar-moss
- Grade
- A
- 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
- Castle
- OS grid reference
- NN 143 096
- Coordinates
- 56.24297, -4.99796
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dunderave Castle was built in 1596 and later fell into ruin before being restored by Sir Robert Lorimer between 1911 and 1912. The castle is designed in an L-plan and has three and a half storeys, including a laigh floor. It features a square stair tower at the re-entrant angle and a circular tower at the northwest salient angle. The exterior is constructed of random rubble with corbie-step gables and a stone-slabbed roof, which includes dormers. The fine entrance is enhanced with dog-tooth ornamentation and has an inscribed lintel dated 1596, along with a highly enriched panel above it. During the restoration, a servants' wing and a library wing were added, both of which are one and a half storeys and connected to the keep by a loggia.
Inside, notable spaces include the Red Banner Hall, the Boudoir, the Library, the Oak Room, and the Elm Room.
Local climate
Dunderave Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,980 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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