Knocklearoch Farm, Ballygrant, Islay is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Farm-house, steading. 4 related planning applications.

Knocklearoch Farm, Ballygrant, Islay

WRENN ID
crumbling-finial-alder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 August 1980
Type
Farm-house, steading
Address
Knocklearoch Farm, Ballygrant, Islay, PA45 7QL
OS grid reference
NR 398 649
Coordinates
55.80731, -6.15259
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Knocklearoch Farm, located in Ballygrant on Islay, is a traditional house from the earlier 19th century. The building has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys tall, featuring a harled exterior and a gabled roof. It includes a round-headed doorway. The steading is a single storey with a loft, constructed from rubble and topped with a slate roof. The house has been re-roofed with asbestos tiles.

Local climate

Knocklearoch Farm, Ballygrant, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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