Auchans House, Kilnford Drive, Dundonald is a Grade A listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. 1 related planning application.

Auchans House, Kilnford Drive, Dundonald

WRENN ID
solemn-spire-cream
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
OS grid reference
NS 354 345
Coordinates
55.57718, -4.61127
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Auchans House is the ruin of a mansion built by Sir William Cochrane, later Earl of Dundonald. It has an L-shaped plan, with a square tower containing a staircase located in the re-entering angle. A western wing has been lengthened, but the entire building appears to date from the same period, marked with the date 1644. The entrance doorway is a good example of the Renaissance architectural style then fashionable. The ruin is referenced in The County and City of Edinburgh Directory, Volume II, pages 174-179, including plans and illustrations.

Local climate

Auchans House, Kilnford Drive, Dundonald sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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