Ardmore Tower Ardmore House, Cardross is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 May 1971. Tower.
Ardmore Tower Ardmore House, Cardross
- WRENN ID
- proud-string-spring
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1971
- Type
- Tower
- OS grid reference
- NS 315 785
- Coordinates
- 55.97048, -4.7002
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ardmore Tower is a D-plan tower made of red sandstone rubble, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is built against the base of a steep cliff. The tower features a rectangular entrance opening at ground level on the southwest side, with another rectangular opening located on the upper level on the east side. There are also several small, narrow slit openings. The roof of the tower is incomplete, and ivy partially covers the structure.
The interior, which was observed in 2016, has a circular plan and contains some remnants of former timber flooring that was added in the 1980s.
Local climate
Ardmore Tower Ardmore House, Cardross sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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