Dumfries House is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Mansion. 19 related planning applications.

Dumfries House

WRENN ID
brooding-railing-dock
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Mansion
Address
Dumfries House, KA18 2NJ
OS grid reference
NS 541 203
Coordinates
55.45564, -4.30807
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dumfries House is an exceptionally fine and unspoilt mansion designed in the Adam style. It was built between 1754 and 1759 by William Dalrymple, the fourth Earl of Dumfries. The architects responsible for its design were John, Robert, and James Adam, and their original plans are still preserved at Dumfries House.

Local climate

Dumfries House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 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 0.3°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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