Stables, Alva House is a Grade B listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 June 1972. Stable block and cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Stables, Alva House
- WRENN ID
- fading-stair-magpie
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Clackmannanshire
- Constituency
- Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1972
- Type
- Stable block and cottage
- Address
- Stables, Alva House, FK12 5HU
- OS grid reference
- NS 899 975
- Coordinates
- 56.15763, -3.77274
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The stables at Alva House date back to the early 19th century and feature a two-storey front made of droved ashlar stone. The end bays are set forward and include a tripartite window with a lunette above on the first floor. In the center, there is a three-storey pend tower with a tall archway and a Venetian window that has arched sidelights on the second floor. The building is constructed from cottage rubble and has a two-window layout with a central door, flanked by one-window wings, all topped with a peind roof.
Local climate
Stables, Alva House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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