Rowallan House is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. House.
Rowallan House
- WRENN ID
- bitter-tracery-burdock
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NS 432 427
- Coordinates
- 55.6527, -4.49235
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Rowallan House was built for M. A. Cameron Corbett, who later became Lord Rowallan. Designed by Sir Robert Lorimer between 1903 and 1906, the house remains an impressive structure despite being unfinished. The entrance front features a dramatic design that captures attention. Inside, there are notable examples of fine plaster and woodwork.
Local climate
Rowallan House 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 78% 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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