Eglinton House, Kilwinning is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Estate cottage. 1 related planning application.

Eglinton House, Kilwinning

WRENN ID
endless-frieze-heath
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Estate cottage
Address
Eglinton House, Kilwinning, KA13 7QA
OS grid reference
NS 313 423
Coordinates
55.64507, -4.68165
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Eglinton House in Kilwinning dates from 1798 and is a single-storey building with a six-sided room at its center, which has an attic room above. The plan is shaped like a V and features a columned verandah at the center. The house is constructed of red brick with white painted stone detailing. It is an attractive estate cottage that once served as the residence for the head gardener, and it includes an older kitchen wing at the rear.

Local climate

Eglinton House, Kilwinning 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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