Ballure is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Mansion.
Ballure
- WRENN ID
- steep-steel-onyx
- 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
- Mansion
- OS grid reference
- NR 715 495
- Coordinates
- 55.68518, -5.63587
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ballure is an early 19th century mansion that stands two storeys tall and is three bays wide. The central bay projects and features a pediment, with a round-headed doorway that is framed by an architrave-cornice and pilasters. The windows have been altered over time. The exterior is harled, and the roof is piended and slated. There are also additions at the northern end of the building.
Local climate
Ballure 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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