Portland Arms Hotel, Galston is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 July 1980. Hotel. 3 related planning applications.

Portland Arms Hotel, Galston

WRENN ID
hidden-postern-plover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 July 1980
Type
Hotel
Address
Portland Arms Hotel, Galston, KA4 8AL
OS grid reference
NS 500 366
Coordinates
55.60051, -4.38158
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Portland Arms Hotel in Galston was built in 1864. It features a ground floor made of rusticated ashlar stone, with a plinth, a band, a low parapet, and a cornice. The building has a pilastered doorway and stands two storeys tall. It includes sash windows, some of which are set in architraves. This corner building has a front that is splayed and partly bowed.

Local climate

Portland Arms Hotel, Galston sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 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 0.2°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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