Elmbank, Luss is a Grade C listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 August 1985. Cottage.
Elmbank, Luss
- WRENN ID
- hushed-latch-magpie
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NS 360 929
- Coordinates
- 56.10119, -4.63685
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Elmbank in Luss is an early 19th-century building that has undergone later alterations and additions. It is a single-storey structure with a T-plan layout and a full-height rear east wing. The building features five bays, with a sixth broad garage bay located on the outer left. The exterior is finished in painted render with red sandstone margins.
On the southwest (main) elevation, there is a door at the center flanked by two windows on each side, along with the broad garage to the outer left. The gable elevation has a gabled jamb with two windows, while the main body of the cottage is recessed to the outer left.
The windows are 12-pane timber sash and case. The roof is covered with graded grey slate and includes lead flashings, with apex stacks that have stone coping and octagonal cans.
Local climate
Elmbank, Luss sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,750 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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