Lossit House, Machrihanish, Kintyre is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Mansion.

Lossit House, Machrihanish, Kintyre

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
20 July 1971
Type
Mansion
OS grid reference
NR 633 202
Coordinates
55.41912, -5.74086
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lossit House is a large Victorian mansion from the 19th century, standing two storeys tall. It is constructed of polished ashlar and features a piended slated roof that is platformed on top. The building includes a porte-cochere beneath a projecting tower, which has a balustraded arch leading to the entrance. There are parapets and Palladian windows present, along with lower pedimented additions at both ends and additional structures at the rear.

Local climate

Lossit House, Machrihanish, Kintyre sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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