Achamore House, Achamore Estate, Gigha is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

Achamore House, Achamore Estate, Gigha

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
Address
Achamore House, Achamore Estate, Gigha, PA41 7AD
OS grid reference
NR 642 478
Coordinates
55.6669, -5.74985
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Achamore House, located on the Achamore Estate in Gigha, was built in 1884 by John Honeyman and showcases a Scottish architectural style. This long, rambling building features two storeys, harled gabled slate roofs, and ashlar chimneys. It includes semi-circular towers topped with conical roofs and crow-steps. The house is adorned with bow and bay windows, and a portico supported by Ionic columns, pilasters, and an entablature, topped with a scroll pediment. Above the portico is a panel displaying the date "1884". Inside, the house boasts good interiors with oak panelling and moulded plaster ceilings. It was remodelled in 1900 and contains English late Gothic stone chimney pieces as well as mid-Georgian wooden chimney pieces.

Local climate

Achamore House, Achamore Estate, Gigha sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% 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 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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