Port Ellen Distillery, Islay is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. 3 related planning applications.

Port Ellen Distillery, Islay

WRENN ID
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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
Address
Port Ellen Distillery, Islay, PA42 7AH
OS grid reference
NR 359 458
Coordinates
55.63396, -6.19702
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The South Western Bonded Warehouse at Port Ellen Distillery is a large complex built in the 19th century. The structure is made of rubble and is lime-washed, featuring slate and asbestos roofs. The distillery has pyramidal roofs, while the warehouses are single-storey buildings with gabled and piended roofs, with the western warehouse dating from around 1900. The offices are either one or two storeys tall and also have piended roofs.

Local climate

Port Ellen Distillery, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. North Bonded Wharehouse, Port Ellen Distillery, Islay Grade B 45 m
  2. Offices, Port Ellen Distillery, Islay Grade B 52 m
  3. Western Bonded Wharehouse, Port Ellen Distillery, Islay Grade B 63 m
  4. South Western Bonded Wharehouse, Port Ellen Distillery, Islay Grade B 88 m
  5. South Eastern Bonded Wharehouse, Port Ellen Distillery, Islay Grade B 132 m
  6. 31 School Street, Port Ellen Grade C 696 m
  7. 32 School Street, Port Ellen Grade C 698 m
  8. 34 School Street, Port Ellen Grade C 699 m
  9. 33 School Street, Port Ellen Grade C 701 m
  10. 35 School Street, Port Ellen Grade C 704 m