The Castle, 2, 4 High Street, Maybole is a Grade A listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Castle.
The Castle, 2, 4 High Street, Maybole
- WRENN ID
- lone-gable-plum
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- The Castle, 2, 4 High Street, Maybole, KA19 7BX
- OS grid reference
- NS 301 100
- Coordinates
- 55.35482, -4.68101
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Castle, located at 2 and 4 High Street in Maybole, is a prominent building likely dating from the early 17th century, with later enlargements made in the 19th century. It features an L-shaped plan and stands four storeys tall, with the staircase situated in the southern wing. The exterior is harled, accented with ashlar dressings, and includes rubble-built, two-storey crowstepped gabled extensions added to the south and west before 1856.
The entrance is located on the north-east elevation, featuring a door set in simply moulded jambs. The first-floor windows are irregularly placed, with one window on the south-east and one enlarged window on the north-east elevation. The second floor has two windows facing north-east and one facing south-east. Large angle turrets project above the second floor at the north-east and north-west corners, each adorned with three windows, a conical cap, and a finial.
There are two attic windows on the north-east side, each flanked by three decorative semi-circles that form pediments, and these windows are positioned beside a large wall-head stack. The south-west side features similarly detailed dormers. The southern stair wing has a corbelled top storey that was formerly a prospect room, complete with an oriel window facing south-west. The building is topped with crow-stepped gables and slate roofs. Surrounding the property are rubble-built garden walls and banded vermiculated gate piers topped with pyramidal caps supported by ball feet.
Local climate
The Castle, 2, 4 High Street, Maybole sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,580 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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