Elderberry, The Shore, Garelochhead is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 March 1994. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Elderberry, The Shore, Garelochhead

WRENN ID
leaning-shingle-holly
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 March 1994
Type
Cottage
Address
Elderberry, The Shore, Garelochhead, G84 0AR
OS grid reference
NS 239 910
Coordinates
56.08007, -4.83086
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Elderberry, located on The Shore in Garelochhead, is a mid-19th century single-storey cottage with a symmetrical, rectangular plan featuring five bays. The exterior is finished in grey-painted harl with painted sandstone margins and dressings, along with quoin strips.

The southeast elevation showcases a three-bay main cottage flanked by lower pavilion-type bays on either side. At the center, there is a deep-set door that is boarded and topped with a two-pane fanlight, accompanied by flanking windows. The cottage features half-piended dormers, and the outer bays on the right and left are slightly recessed with their own windows.

The windows are 12-lying-pane sash and case types, while the dormers have plate glass casements. The roof is covered with grey slate and includes a rooflight at the center, along with half-piended pavilions. Corniced sandstone stacks are present at the apex of the roof.

Surrounding the property is a low rubble boundary wall topped with semi-circular coping.

Local climate

Elderberry, The Shore, Garelochhead sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,970 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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