West Wing, The Arch, Torrisdale Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Gate-house, stable.
West Wing, The Arch, Torrisdale Castle
- WRENN ID
- riven-storey-rowan
- 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
- Gate-house, stable
- OS grid reference
- NR 792 360
- Coordinates
- 55.56837, -5.50273
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The West Wing of The Arch at Torrisdale Castle is a gate-house built in the earlier 19th century. It features a castellated design with two storeys, constructed from ashlar stone. The building has double slate roofs with a gutter located behind, and a crenellated parapet. A pointed archway is present, with the Macalister Coat of Arms displayed above it. The windows include lancets and 'Gothic' styles.
At the rear, there is a stable that forms three sides of a square. This structure is made of rubble and harled, has a gabled roof, and also features crenellation.
Local climate
West Wing, The Arch, Torrisdale Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 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 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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