Brownhill House, Kilbirnie is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. House. 5 related planning applications.

Brownhill House, Kilbirnie

WRENN ID
former-storey-khaki
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
House
Address
Brownhill House, Kilbirnie, KA24 4JB
OS grid reference
NS 313 514
Coordinates
55.7269, -4.68746
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Brownhill House in Kilbirnie is a late 18th century building featuring two storeys and an attic, with a three-bay front. To the left, there is a two-bay extension from the early 19th century that shares similar detailing. The exterior is finished in painted ashlar with margins. The front has a centrally placed pilastered doorpiece topped with a cornice and blocking course. The house has 12-pane sash windows throughout, along with an eaves course, cornice, and two piended dormers. There are end stacks and a slate roof. The two-bay extension includes two windows on both the ground and first floors, an eaves course, a cornice, an end stack, and a slate roof. Additionally, there are lower service buildings located to the rear and to the right of the main house.

Local climate

Brownhill House, Kilbirnie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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