Ducat Tower, Newmilns Tower, Castle Street, Newmilns is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Tower.

Ducat Tower, Newmilns Tower, Castle Street, Newmilns

WRENN ID
final-pedestal-grain
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Tower
OS grid reference
NS 536 373
Coordinates
55.60772, -4.32491
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ducat Tower, located on Castle Street in Newmilns, is a building that belonged to the Campbells of Loudoun. Towards the end of the 17th century, it was occupied by Captain Inglis and served as a prison for the Covenanters. Currently, it is part of an inn and includes stabling with hay lofts above. The entrance is on the ground floor, with a wheel-stair adjacent to it. The exterior features some unusual elements, including two string-courses and a base. The doorway has been enlarged, but the panel above it is original. The tower appears to have originally had an open parapet with bartisans at the corners, all supported by a series of continuous corbelling. Gargoyles for water drainage remain on the south-east bartisan.

Local climate

Ducat Tower, Newmilns Tower, Castle Street, Newmilns 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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