Castlehill Gates, Dalmellington Road, Ayr is a Grade C listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 March 2000. Gatepiers, gates, railings, boundary wall.

Castlehill Gates, Dalmellington Road, Ayr

WRENN ID
still-string-rook
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 March 2000
Type
Gatepiers, gates, railings, boundary wall
OS grid reference
NS 347 202
Coordinates
55.4482, -4.61428
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Castlehill Gates, located on Dalmellington Road in Ayr, date back to the early 19th century. They consist of a pair of arched pedestrian gatepiers that are square in plan, flanking a central vehicular entrance. The gatepiers are made of ashlar and feature keystones above the arches. Atop each gatepier are ball finials, with inner ball-finials on a higher cope. The central entrance has two-leaf iron gates, while the pedestrian entrances have single iron gates. To the left, there is a stepped boundary wall with coped piers, and to the right, railings are positioned atop a curved wing wall.

Local climate

Castlehill Gates, Dalmellington Road, Ayr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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