North Lodge, Knock Castle is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 August 1985. 2 related planning applications.
North Lodge, Knock Castle
- WRENN ID
- solemn-zinc-pearl
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1985
- Address
- North Lodge, Knock Castle, KA30 8SE
- OS grid reference
- NS 195 632
- Coordinates
- 55.82871, -4.88305
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
North Lodge, part of Knock Castle, was constructed in the later 19th century. It is an asymmetrical, single-story lodge built in a roughly L-shaped plan with gabled ends. A distinctive feature is the flat-roofed, circular entrance turret located at the angle where the two wings meet.
The lodge is built of stugged red sandstone ashlar with polished sandstone dressings and roll-moulded architraves. The north elevation showcases a curved, hood-moulded and panelled door, set within a relieving arch. Above the door is a corniced tripartite window, and the advanced and gabled bay to the west has a similar crest and treatment. A small window is located to the right of the main bay. All windows are sash windows featuring leaded upper lights and sloping cills. The moulded eaves extend as a cornice over the entrance turret.
The gables are topped with ball finials, coped crowsteps and shaped skewputts. A single axial stack rises from the roof, which is covered in slate.
The lodge is surrounded by quadrant walls of red sandstone ashlar, with crenellated circular gatepiers. Ornate, patterned wrought-iron gates complete the ensemble.
Local climate
North Lodge, Knock Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,690 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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
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