Gorton Schoolhouse, Bruichladdich is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1981. Schoolhouse. 1 related planning application.

Gorton Schoolhouse, Bruichladdich

WRENN ID
pale-moat-ochre
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 January 1981
Type
Schoolhouse
Address
Gorton Schoolhouse, Bruichladdich, PA49 7UN
OS grid reference
NR 271 626
Coordinates
55.77992, -6.35246
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gorton Schoolhouse in Bruichladdich is a single-storey, five-bay schoolhouse built around 1880. The structure is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings. It features a wide central gabled bay that includes a tripartite window and a blind oculus. There is a porch with a swept roof located in the left re-entrant angle, and the outer bays also have tripartite windows. An additional entrance to the schoolroom is recessed on the right side. The rear elevation is symmetrical with six windows. The building has overhanging eaves, a slate roof, and three stacks positioned behind the well-crafted stone walls.

Local climate

Gorton Schoolhouse, Bruichladdich sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 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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