Sornhill Farm is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Sornhill Farm
- WRENN ID
- quartered-stronghold-solstice
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Sornhill Farm, KA4 8NF
- OS grid reference
- NS 509 341
- Coordinates
- 55.57805, -4.36575
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Sornhill Farm is an L-shaped building featuring a circular stair in the corner that rises to full height within a rectangular turret topped with a crow-stepped attic. The main wing was originally three stories but has been converted to two stories by raising the upper floor. A datestone above the chimney in the attic dates to 1683 and bears the initials R.N. and B.N., while another datestone from 1799 features the initials A.N. The external walls are partly creamwashed and patched with cement, with simple stone window frames that have edge-rolls. The roof is covered with slate and has crow-stepped gables. The ground floor kitchen retains an original arched fireplace recess. Adjoining the main building is a range of late 18th-century byres. The rear facade is symmetrical, featuring recessed triple panels and a Palladian motif.
Local climate
Sornhill Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 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 0.2°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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