Law Castle is a Grade A listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Castle.
Law Castle
- WRENN ID
- secret-spindle-blackthorn
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Castle
- OS grid reference
- NS 210 484
- Coordinates
- 55.69611, -4.84815
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Law Castle has a simple oblong plan and shares a similar character with Little Cumbrae, Fairlie, and Skelmorlie castles, all located in the same area. The castle is situated on a hill that overlooks the village and is believed to have been constructed around 1468 to accommodate Princess Mary, the sister of James III, upon her marriage to Thomas, Master of Boyd, who later became the Earl of Arran.
Local climate
Law Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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