Kildalton House, Islay is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Castle.
Kildalton House, Islay
- WRENN ID
- buried-plinth-wind
- Grade
- C
- 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
- Castle
- OS grid reference
- NR 436 475
- Coordinates
- 55.65343, -6.07608
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kildalton House is a later 19th century building designed in the Scots Baronial style. It has a rambling plan and is constructed of stugged ashlar with dressed face-work. The house features four storeys and includes a five-storey angle tower, which is topped with a corbelled and crenellated parapet. The entrances are marked by round-headed doorways.
The wings of the house are one and two storeys tall, with gabled roofs and crow-steps. There are dormers and a two-storey bay window that add to the architectural interest.
Inside, the large rooms are adorned with 'Classical' chimney-pieces, enhancing the character of the interior.
Local climate
Kildalton House, 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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