Whistlefield Cottage, Portincaple is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 March 1994. House.
Whistlefield Cottage, Portincaple
- WRENN ID
- riven-transept-heath
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1994
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NS 235 930
- Coordinates
- 56.09713, -4.83877
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Whistlefield Cottage is a single-storey, three-bay cottage villa built in the later 19th century, featuring a two-bay wing that is recessed to the right. The exterior is constructed from stugged, squared, and snecked honey-coloured sandstone, accented with polished sandstone margins and dressings. It has a base course, strip quoins, and projecting bracketed eaves.
The main elevation presents three symmetrical bays with roll-moulded arrises. The entrance features a segmental-arched, two-leaf, four-panelled door topped with a plate glass fanlight, flanked by canted windows. The lower two-bay wing is recessed to the right and includes a modern forestair at the right return.
The cottage has plate glass sash and case windows and a grey slate roof adorned with terracotta perforated cresting and finials. The ashlar corniced wallhead stacks are topped with octagonal cans, and a decorative cast-iron waterhead is retained.
Inside, there is a simple layout with a central hall and a good painted glass inner half-glazed door.
Local climate
Whistlefield Cottage, Portincaple sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,970 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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