Edgemont, 34 Argyll Road, Dunoon is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 April 1997. House. 1 related planning application.

Edgemont, 34 Argyll Road, Dunoon

WRENN ID
fossil-sill-ridge
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 April 1997
Type
House
Address
Edgemont, 34 Argyll Road, Dunoon, PA23 8EL
OS grid reference
NS 177 774
Coordinates
55.95567, -4.92153
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Edgemont is a two-storey Modern Movement house built in 1936 by builder James Dunlop, located at 34 Argyll Road in Dunoon. The exterior features harled brick, metal (Crittal) windows, and a flat roof.

The principal elevation has two bays with canted angles. It includes broad windows on the projecting ground floor, with glazing that continues into the corner splay. Above, there is a balcony with simple metal 'deck' railings and a canopy supported by a central pier, along with a pair of smaller windows behind. The wallhead of the two-storey bays is visible above the canopy. The side elevation features a tall, two-canted metal window.

The rear elevation faces Argyll Road and has an advanced ground floor that extends beyond the main block. It features small windows flanking a central semicircular doorway, which is glazed with a small-pane arrangement. The first floor is recessed above, with another two-canted window and additional small windows flanking it.

The house has metal horizontal-pane glazing in the casement windows, with chevron patterned top hopper panes on the front windows. The flat roofs have coped wallheads. Decorative 'Art Deco' details are present in the rainwater hopper and fixtures on the downpipe that divides the bays at the front ground level.

The interior, which has been partially seen, is appropriately plain.

Local climate

Edgemont, 34 Argyll Road, Dunoon sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,830 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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