Lochfield is a Grade C listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 July 1980. Farm.

Lochfield

WRENN ID
waning-chapel-sable
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 July 1980
Type
Farm
OS grid reference
NS 582 416
Coordinates
55.64723, -4.25374
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lochfield is a small courtyard-type farm with a walled garden in front. The building is made of granite stone and features an inscription that reads, "Sir Alexander Fleming. Discoverer of Penicillin, was born here at Lochfield, 6th August, 1881."

Local climate

Lochfield sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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