Skeldon Castle is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Castle. 2 related planning applications.
Skeldon Castle
- WRENN ID
- heavy-tracery-river
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Skeldon Castle, KA6 6AT
- OS grid reference
- NS 378 138
- Coordinates
- 55.39175, -4.56207
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Skeldon Castle features the remains of a keep that have been incorporated into a modern estate dwelling. The building is constructed with large random stonework, which is harled in some areas. It stands two storeys high, and the rear gable has a roughly crowstepped design. The windows are modern, and there is a classical porch at the front. On the side of the building, there is a blocked round-headed doorway. The overall shape of the building is roughly square.
Local climate
Skeldon Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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