Cottage, Craighouse, Jura is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 January 1999. Corn mill.

Cottage, Craighouse, Jura

WRENN ID
standing-dormer-sorrel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 January 1999
Type
Corn mill
OS grid reference
NR 526 670
Coordinates
55.83355, -5.95122
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a cottage located in Craighouse on the island of Jura, dating from the earlier 19th century. It is a two-storey, irregular three-bay rectangular-plan corn mill with gabled ends, constructed from random rubble and featuring massive stone lintels above the openings.

On the east (principal) elevation, there is a central square-headed doorway at ground level. To the right, there is a window on each floor, positioned close to the center, while to the left, there is a window on each floor, set wider apart.

The north (side) elevation includes a window at the first floor beneath the gablehead.

Inside, the southern end retains timber mill mechanisms, including a vertical drive wheel and a horizontal grinding millstone on the first floor, along with timber joists that divide the floors.

Local climate

Cottage, Craighouse, Jura 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles 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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