Former Meat Store, Mount Stuart House is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 February 1998. Former meat store.

Former Meat Store, Mount Stuart House

WRENN ID
tired-pewter-moth
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 February 1998
Type
Former meat store
OS grid reference
NS 108 593
Coordinates
55.79046, -5.01925
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The former meat store at Mount Stuart House dates from the mid-19th century. It is a single-storey, single-bay structure with whitewashed harl and overhanging timber eaves. The openings are framed with red sandstone surrounds, some of which are also whitewashed, and feature latticed timber. Inside, there are timber beams and meat hooks. The roof is a graded grey slate with a piended design.

Local climate

Former Meat Store, Mount Stuart House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,740 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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