Auchinleck House is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. 1 related planning application.

Auchinleck House

WRENN ID
burning-obsidian-finch
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Address
Auchinleck House, KA18 2LR
OS grid reference
NS 507 230
Coordinates
55.47811, -4.36343
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Auchinleck House is a substantial estate house noted for its association with James Boswell and Samuel Johnson, who visited Lord Auchinleck upon their return from the Hebrides in 1773. The present mansion is attributed to Robert Adam and was likely built around 1760. It is constructed of ashlar. The central block is rectangular and features an elaborately decorated pediment supported by four flat Ionic pilasters. The house has two storeys and a raised basement, approached by a flight of steps. A balustraded parapet and urns top the pediment. Flanking the main block are two pavilions, each topped with unusual ornamental towers, which are detached from the house but connected by curved screen walls.

Local climate

Auchinleck House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  2. Dovecot, Auchinleck House Grade B 153 m
  3. Stables, Auchinleck House Grade B 170 m
  4. Ha-Ha, The Lawn, Auchinleck House Grade B 193 m
  5. Iron Bridge, Dipple Gorge, Auchinleck House Grade B 223 m
  6. Boswell's Summerhouse, Auchinleck House Grade B 235 m
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