The Dams, Alva is a Grade B listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 June 1972. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
The Dams, Alva
- WRENN ID
- hushed-vault-plum
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Clackmannanshire
- Constituency
- Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Dams, Alva, FK11 7EG
- OS grid reference
- NS 859 970
- Coordinates
- 56.15249, -3.83716
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Dams in Alva is a building from the mid-18th century. It features a symmetrical main block that is two stories high and has three windows, with the center window on the first floor being a dummy. The building has a moulded eaves course and one-window wings that are gabled and have chimneys. The exterior is whitewashed with margins. The building has been restored, with pantiles replaced by slates and shutters added.
Local climate
The Dams, Alva sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 66 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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