Pier, Otter Ferry is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Quay.

Pier, Otter Ferry

WRENN ID
solemn-hammer-wren
Grade
C
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
Quay
OS grid reference
NR 930 845
Coordinates
56.00875, -5.32176
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building is a pier located at Otter Ferry, dating from the earlier 19th century. It has an L-shaped plan and is constructed from rubble, which is partly open-jointed.

Local climate

Pier, Otter Ferry sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,790 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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