Cottage, Home Farm, Islay House, Islay is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Farm complex.

Cottage, Home Farm, Islay House, Islay

WRENN ID
floating-gallery-peregrine
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
Farm complex
OS grid reference
NR 335 628
Coordinates
55.78524, -6.25138
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Home Farm at Islay House is a large complex of traditional buildings dating from the later 18th century. The structures are harled and feature slate roofs. The southwest side includes a two-storey steading with a segmental-arched pend and a projecting pavilion, topped with a pediment and clock tower. To the northwest, there is an inner yard containing two two-storey gabled houses, along with one-storey-and-attic houses connected by a low wing, all featuring piended roofs. On the southeast side, there is a two-storey storehouse and steading, which includes a doocot in the roof. The yard also contains two piended byres and kennels located in the northwest corner.

Local climate

Cottage, Home Farm, Islay House, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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