Garrochan House, Blackcraig Burn, Clachaig is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. House.

Garrochan House, Blackcraig Burn, Clachaig

WRENN ID
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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
House
OS grid reference
NS 115 812
Coordinates
55.98673, -5.02287
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Garrochan House, located by the Blackcraig Burn in Clachaig, is a Georgian building dating from around 1800. It stands two storeys high and features three bays. The structure is made of rubble and is lime-washed. The roof is piended and slated, and there is a pediment above the central bay. The doorway is adorned with pilasters, an architrave, and a cornice.

Local climate

Garrochan House, Blackcraig Burn, Clachaig sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,810 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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