Glenorchy Manse is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Manse.

Glenorchy Manse

WRENN ID
silver-outpost-ridge
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
Manse
OS grid reference
NN 167 275
Coordinates
56.40422, -4.97208
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Glenorchy Manse is an earlier 19th century Georgian building that stands two storeys tall and has three bays. The exterior is harled, and it features a piended slated roof. The central bay is projecting and gabled, complete with a chimney and a later porch at its base. The building also showcases Palladian windows.

Local climate

Glenorchy Manse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,090 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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