East Lodge And Gateway, Islay House, Islay is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1971. Lodge.

East Lodge And Gateway, Islay House, Islay

WRENN ID
pitched-bracket-scarlet
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
Lodge
OS grid reference
NR 358 639
Coordinates
55.79635, -6.21648
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

East Lodge and Gateway at Islay House is a single-storey building designed in a Scottish style, attributed to architect William Playfair and dating from 1845. The lodge is constructed of stugged ashlar and features a gabled slate roof, moulded chimneys, and crow-steps. The main entrance has a moulded doorway with an ornamental inset above that displays the monogram WFC/CIC. There is also a lean-to roofed extension that is gabled towards the road and includes a porch. The gateway is marked by square gate piers, die-walls, and spear railings.

Local climate

East Lodge And Gateway, Islay House, Islay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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