Glenfeochan House is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. House.

Glenfeochan House

WRENN ID
patient-steeple-rain
Grade
B
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
House
OS grid reference
NM 883 243
Coordinates
56.36432, -5.42757
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Glenfeochan House is a building from the later 19th century, designed by John Starforth from Glasgow, showcasing Scottish architectural style. It has two storeys and a garret, constructed with coursed rubble. The building features a saddle-back skew and has slated roofs. A high tower with a conical roof is located in a re-entrant angle, and there are pedimented dormers present.

Local climate

Glenfeochan House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,220 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Kilmore House Grade B 972 m
  2. Kilmore Bridge, River Nell, Barran Grade C 1.2 km
  3. Dunach, Loch Feochan Grade B 2.1 km
  4. Soroba House Hotel, Soroba Road, Oban Grade C 4.7 km
  5. Bragleenbeg Farmhouse Grade C 4.7 km
  6. Eadar Glinn Eventide Home, Drummore Road, Oban Grade C 5.0 km
  7. Glencruitten House, Oban Grade B 5.3 km
  8. Old Parish Church, Crombie Street, Oban Grade C 5.7 km
  9. Luachrach Cottage Grade B 5.9 km
  10. 33 High Street, Oban Grade C 5.9 km