Dell Cottage, Luss is a Grade C listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 March 1997. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Dell Cottage, Luss
- WRENN ID
- fading-string-moth
- 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
- 13 March 1997
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Dell Cottage, Luss, G83 8NZ
- OS grid reference
- NS 360 928
- Coordinates
- 56.10021, -4.63804
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dell Cottage is a mid-19th century single-storey cottage with a rectangular plan. It features a combination of whinstone and sandstone rubble, accented with red sandstone margins and dressings. The cottage has deep overhanging eaves and exposed rafters, along with basket-arched windowheads.
On the main elevation, there is a gabled stone porch located off-centre to the left, with a window and a door on the right return. To the outer right, there is a window with the gable breaking the eaves above it, and to the outer left, another window is present.
The south elevation includes a gable with a window at the centre, and a recessed bay to the outer right with a window in the middle. The cottage features six-lying-pane timber sash and case windows, a graded grey slate roof with lead flashings, and a wallhead stack.
Local climate
Dell Cottage, 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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