Auchenfail Hall is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Doocot.
Auchenfail Hall
- WRENN ID
- narrow-obsidian-autumn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Doocot
- OS grid reference
- NS 473 267
- Coordinates
- 55.51047, -4.41824
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Auchenfail Hall is a late 18th century building constructed with coursed stonework. It has three storeys and features a facade with a wide central pediment topped by a finial coat of arms in the attic. The building is rectangular in plan, with the principal rooms located on the first floor. An office wing extends from the side at the lower level. Auchenfail Hall is set within wooded grounds and was originally known as Smithston House.
Local climate
Auchenfail Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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