Larachbeg Old Laundry, Ardtornish Estate is a Grade C listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 May 1985. Laundry building.

Larachbeg Old Laundry, Ardtornish Estate

WRENN ID
dim-trefoil-fen
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 May 1985
Type
Laundry building
OS grid reference
NM 694 483
Coordinates
56.57044, -5.75416
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Larachbeg Old Laundry, located on the Ardtornish Estate, is a building from the later 19th century, likely designed by Samuel Barham. It is a high single-storey structure with two bays and twin gables, featuring an entrance on the south return elevation. The exterior is finished in rendered concrete, with two large two-light windows on the east front, and multi-pane glazing throughout. The building has a central ridge stack topped with a pronounced cornice and is covered with slate roofs.

Inside, the laundry retains all its original fittings, including boiling "coppers," a spin dryer set into the concrete floor that is operated by a handle, six heated wall drying cabinets, sinks, and a stove for heating flat irons.

Local climate

Larachbeg Old Laundry, Ardtornish Estate sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,940 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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