Ardbrecknish House is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 November 1979. House.
Ardbrecknish House
- WRENN ID
- ghost-buttress-root
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1979
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NN 069 212
- Coordinates
- 56.34376, -5.12568
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ardbrecknish House is an 18th century building with significant additions from the 19th century. The structure features rubble, which is exposed in some areas and harled or lime washed in others. The original 18th century section faces west and consists of two storeys with three bays and a central chimney gablet. It has astragalled windows. The eastern additions are designed in the Scots Baronial style, showcasing crowstepped gables. Notably, there is a three-storey round tower at the northeast angle, which is corbelled out to a square plan. The interior is plain.
Local climate
Ardbrecknish House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,040 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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