Craufurdland Castle is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Castle. 2 related planning applications.
Craufurdland Castle
- WRENN ID
- vacant-loggia-burdock
- 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
- OS grid reference
- NS 455 407
- Coordinates
- 55.63614, -4.45462
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Craufurdland Castle is an interesting and ancient residence of the Crawfurds of Crawfurdland. Built at different times, the central part is a Gothic castle-style mansion dating from around 1830 to 1840. It features a tall square tower in the center, a battlemented parapet, machicolations, and round corner turrets. Inside, there is a hall and staircase with a groined plaster ceiling, as well as stained glass and heraldic elements in the large pointed window above the doorway.
The west wing of the mansion incorporates an older tower that stands three stories high. This tower has an open parapet supported by continuous corbellings, with rounded angles and no projecting bartizan. Above this is the roof, which has crowstepped gables, and even higher is the caphouse over the staircase. The east wing, known as the King's wing, is from the 17th century. It has crowstepped gables, is two stories tall, and is constructed of random rubble, partly patched with harling. This wing contains a fine ornamental ceiling featuring the Royal Arms dated 1648 in square panelled rooms on the first floor.
Local climate
Craufurdland Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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