Buistonhead, Buiston Road, Kilmaurs is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 February 1980.

Buistonhead, Buiston Road, Kilmaurs

WRENN ID
inner-gallery-wind
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 February 1980
OS grid reference
NS 425 435
Coordinates
55.65948, -4.50447
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a long, low two-storey farmhouse situated on Buiston Road, Kilmaurs. The farmhouse is creamwashed and features three widely spaced sash windows. A modern stone-framed doorway has been added. Projecting lime-washed byres are also present.

Local climate

Buistonhead, Buiston Road, Kilmaurs 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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