Fairlie House 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.
Fairlie House
- WRENN ID
- eternal-roof-gorse
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Address
- Fairlie House, KA2 9AL
- OS grid reference
- NS 385 359
- Coordinates
- 55.59053, -4.56391
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Fairlie House is a Regency mansion built around 1800 by Sir William Cuninghame-Fairlie. The house is rectangular in plan, with a basement area extending around all four sides. It has two principal storeys and attic dormers to the rear. The exterior is ashlar construction with a symmetrical facade of 1.3.1 bays. Subtle central projection, paired panelled pilasters, a low parapet, a moulded cornice, and a triglyph frieze are prominent features, as is the hipped slate roof. Five tall, panelled chimneys are arranged in a line along the ridge of the roof. A recessed, columned porch leads to an inner door with a fanlight above, accessed by a flight of steps. The main hall and staircase are illuminated by a large Palladian window on the half landing. The interior contains notable decorative features including fireplaces and four circular rooms. The building is of group value.
Local climate
Fairlie House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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