Rose Cottage, Low Aldochlay, Luss is a Grade C listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1980. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Rose Cottage, Low Aldochlay, Luss
- WRENN ID
- former-fireplace-ebony
- 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
- 8 September 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rose Cottage, Low Aldochlay, Luss, G83 8NU
- OS grid reference
- NS 359 913
- Coordinates
- 56.08632, -4.63802
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Rose Cottage in Low Aldochlay, Luss, dates from the earlier to mid 19th century and is a single-storey, three-bay cottage with a rectangular plan. The building is constructed from whinstone and sandstone rubble, featuring painted ashlar margins. It has bipartite, round-arched windows.
On the east (main) elevation, there is a round-arched door at the center, which is now hidden by a timber round-arched porch topped with a felt roof, flanked by windows. The cottage has timber sash and case windows with small-pane glazing and Y-tracery in the archhead. The roof is covered with graded grey slate, has lead flashings, and features low sandstone corniced apex stacks with circular cans.
Local climate
Rose Cottage, Low Aldochlay, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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