Farmhouse (A Black), Keils, Jura is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 October 1980. Farmhouse.

Farmhouse (A Black), Keils, Jura

WRENN ID
eastward-loggia-sedge
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 October 1980
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
NR 525 682
Coordinates
55.8442, -5.95376
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a farmhouse known as A Black, located in Keils, Jura, built in the mid to late 19th century. It is a single-storey structure with an attic and features three bays. The building is constructed from rubble with roughly dressed quoins. There is a central door and four-pane sash windows, along with two piended wallhead gables. Additionally, there is one small window at the rear, and the farmhouse has end stacks and a pitched slated roof.

Local climate

Farmhouse (A Black), Keils, Jura sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 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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