Gardeners 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.
Gardeners Cottage, Luss
- WRENN ID
- burning-jamb-rowan
- 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
- OS grid reference
- NS 357 923
- Coordinates
- 56.09607, -4.64169
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Gardeners Cottage in Luss is a mid-19th century single-storey and attic cottage with a rectangular plan. It is constructed of rubble with harl pointing.
The main east elevation is symmetrical, featuring a central door flanked by eight-pane timber sash and case windows. There are two gabled dormers, each with four-pane timber sash frames.
The roof is covered with graded grey slate, and there are corniced chimney stacks at the apex of each gable.
In front of the house, there is a low rubble wall with cast iron railings and a gate.
Local climate
Gardeners 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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