Farmhouse And Steading, Taynish House is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Farmhouse.

Farmhouse And Steading, Taynish House

WRENN ID
worn-steel-dock
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
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
NR 725 830
Coordinates
55.98636, -5.64722
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Taynish House is an early 19th-century farmhouse that features one storey and an attic. The building is harled and has a gabled slate roof with piended dormers.

Surrounding the farmhouse is a steading that forms three sides of a yard at the rear. The steading consists of one storey on two sides, while the northern side includes a barn that has two storeys and a loft. The steading is constructed of rubble and has slate roofs. The barn features a piended roof, louvred windows, and a slightly projecting central pavilion with a high segmental archway and a round opening at the apex.

Local climate

Farmhouse And Steading, Taynish House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,800 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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