Howkerse is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 October 1972. 1 related planning application.

Howkerse

WRENN ID
leaning-lead-yarrow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 October 1972
Address
Howkerse, FK2 8PE
OS grid reference
NS 908 838
Coordinates
56.03487, -3.75393
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Howkerse is a two-storey stone farmhouse, dated 1734, with an early 19th-century wing addition. A modern window has been inserted into the front of the original building. A pedestal-style sundial is located within the garden. The property is situated at Howkerse Farm, Skinflats.

Local climate

Howkerse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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