Cathcart Hall, Knowehead, Dalmellington is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Hall.

Cathcart Hall, Knowehead, Dalmellington

WRENN ID
under-vault-hemlock
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
Hall
OS grid reference
NS 480 059
Coordinates
55.3242, -4.39625
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Cathcart Hall in Knowehead, Dalmellington, was originally a parish church built between 1766 and 1846. It was restored and converted into a church hall in 1887. The building features creamwashed plaster with grey painted dressings. It has a central projecting gable porch topped with a finial and is flanked by two tall windows. There are also recent one-storey additions at the rear.

Local climate

Cathcart Hall, Knowehead, Dalmellington sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 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 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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