Fairlie Castle is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971.
Fairlie Castle
- WRENN ID
- noble-render-pigeon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- OS grid reference
- NS 212 548
- Coordinates
- 55.75427, -4.84938
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Fairlie Castle is a rubble-built tower of rectangular plan, dated 1521. The tower features squared quoins and dressings. A central round-headed doorway with roll-moulded arrises is located in the south wall. Various square-headed openings are present on each face, some of which are blocked and others sit below relieving arches. The angles feature the base of corbelled bartizans linked by chequer-corbelling. The castle is roofless. Fairlie Castle is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, No. 317. Further details appear in MacGibbon & Ross, Castellated and Domestic Architecture, volume III, 1879 (reprinted 1977), p173.
Local climate
Fairlie Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Nearby listed buildings
- Burnside, 8 Burnfoot Road, Fairlie
- Parker Memorial Hall, Main Road, Fairlie
- School Brae Fairlie School And Gate Piers, Fairlie
- Fairlie Parish Church Hall, Main Road, Fairlie
- Rockhaven, The Causeway, Fairlie
- Including Boundary Wall, Fairlie Lodge, 59 Main Road, Fairlie
- St Paul's Parish Church, Main Road, Fairlie
- South Drive Gatepiers and Gates, Kelburn Castle Estate, Fairlie
- South Drive Gatepiers and Gates, Kelburn Castle Estate, Fairlie
- South Block Cottage, Kelburn Country Centre, Kelburn Castle, Fairlie