Sorn Castle is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Castle. 1 related planning application.
Sorn Castle
- WRENN ID
- leaning-rubblework-ivy
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Sorn Castle, KA5 6HR
- OS grid reference
- NS 548 269
- Coordinates
- 55.51432, -4.301
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Sorn Castle is an ancient structure that has been expanded with a modern mansion. It is beautifully located on the edge of a steep bank overlooking the River Ayr. The south-west part of the castle is likely an old keep, while the north-east section is a later addition, as the floors are at different levels. This enlargement created a grand hall on the first floor. Around the same time, a parapet with decorative corbelling and bartizans was added to the building.
Local climate
Sorn Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- 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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