Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Castle. 2 related planning applications.
Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-niche-equinox
- 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
- Castle
- Address
- Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin, PA31 8RQ
- OS grid reference
- NR 835 991
- Coordinates
- 56.13556, -5.48471
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kilmartin Castle is a later 16th century Z-plan structure that stands three storeys tall. It is built of rubble and features a gabled design, although it is currently roofless. The castle has crow-stepped gables and iron-barred windows. The ground floor is vaulted, and there are round towers at diagonally opposite corners of the building. A semi-circular turnpike stair is located on the west side, which also serves as the entrance. The interior has been modernised, with a vaulted ground floor and a Great Hall situated on the first floor.
Local climate
Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,880 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 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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