Walled Garden, Caprington Castle is a Grade C listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 April 1987. Walled garden.

Walled Garden, Caprington Castle

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 April 1987
Type
Walled garden
OS grid reference
NS 410 360
Coordinates
55.5919, -4.52435
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Walled Garden at Caprington Castle dates from the late 18th to early 19th century. It features a quadrangular layout with large areas enclosed by high walls made of rubble, which are lined with brick and topped with ashlar coping. On the north wall, there is a lean-to glass house. A baluster sundial with acanthus leaf ornamentation is also present in the garden.

Local climate

Walled Garden, Caprington 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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