The Artist's House, 6 Grange Street, Kilmarnock is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 August 1978. Artist's house. 4 related planning applications.

The Artist's House, 6 Grange Street, Kilmarnock

WRENN ID
tilted-banister-nightshade
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 August 1978
Type
Artist's house
Address
The Artist's House, 6 Grange Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 2AR
OS grid reference
NS 426 379
Coordinates
55.60992, -4.5001
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Artist's House, located at 6 Grange Street in Kilmarnock, was built in 1818 and has had later additions and alterations. This two-storey, three-bay building was originally an artist's house and features an asymmetrical main elevation with some classical elements. Notable features include an Ionic doorway, a relief panel, and a Serlian window. The right gabled end has a Serlian window and pediment detailing, including a small segmental pediment at the apex. The exterior has a base course, raised cills, lintels with scrolled brackets, an eaves course, and a blocking course on the left range that has a central panel engraved with a figure of a reclining female artist, flanked by scrolls. The elevation is painted with raised margins.

On the west (main) elevation, there is a central entrance doorway framed by Ionic pilasters, an entablature, and a cornice. To the left, there is a blocked single window, while above, there are two single windows on the first floor. The taller two-storey gable to the right features a tripartite window at ground level and a Serlian window above. The windows have 2-pane timber sash and case glazing, with the Serlian window having 3 and 5 panes. The roof is slate with straight skews and a tall brick stack on the north gablehead, which has four pots.

The interior was not seen in 2001.

Local climate

The Artist's House, 6 Grange Street, Kilmarnock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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