Lonan House is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Hotel. 1 related planning application.

Lonan House

WRENN ID
grey-alcove-tide
Grade
B
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
Hotel
OS grid reference
NM 998 296
Coordinates
56.41615, -5.24623
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lonan House is a building designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, constructed between 1906 and 1908. It has two storeys and a garret, featuring a harled exterior. The roof is piended and slated, with piended dormers. The building also includes a loggia.

Local climate

Lonan House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,080 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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