Achnacloich is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Mansion. 1 related planning application.
Achnacloich
- WRENN ID
- hushed-frieze-barley
- 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
- Address
- Achnacloich, PA37 1PR
- OS grid reference
- NM 955 340
- Coordinates
- 56.45377, -5.31929
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Achnacloich is a Scots Baronial mansion built around 1858. It features a rambling design with one and a half to two storeys, constructed from random rubble. The building has corbie-step gables and pedimented dormers. A notable square three-storey tower is situated in a re-entrant angle, with the date of construction inset above the door.
Local climate
Achnacloich sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,100 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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