Stables, Sorn Castle is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 July 1984. Stables. 1 related planning application.

Stables, Sorn Castle

WRENN ID
fallow-sill-dawn
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 July 1984
Type
Stables
Address
Stables, Sorn Castle, KA5 6HR
OS grid reference
NS 545 270
Coordinates
55.51526, -4.30503
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The stables at Sorn Castle are a classical courtyard range built around 1830 to 1840. The central feature is a pedimented arched opening flanked by coupled flat pilasters. The structure consists of one storey with wings on either side and pavilions at each end.

Local climate

Stables, 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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