Walled Garden, Old Barskimming is a Grade C listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 March 1993. Walled garden.

Walled Garden, Old Barskimming

WRENN ID
burning-moulding-clover
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 March 1993
Type
Walled garden
OS grid reference
NS 483 252
Coordinates
55.49713, -4.40276
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Walled Garden at Old Barskimming dates from the later 18th century. It features northeast and northwest walls that descend towards woodland and the River Ayr to the south. The walls are made of red rubble sandstone and have ashlar coping. There is a pointed-arch entrance on the northeast side, which includes a stepped parapet and two ball-finials.

Local climate

Walled Garden, Old Barskimming sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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