Baltersan Castle is a Grade A listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. 2 related planning applications.

Baltersan Castle

WRENN ID
proud-brick-snow
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Address
Baltersan Castle, KA19 8HQ
OS grid reference
NS 282 087
Coordinates
55.34278, -4.70982
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The ruin of Baltersan Castle is a mansion built on a modified L-plan. The castle was upgraded from a Grade B listed building to a Grade A listed building on 10 April 1995. Further details are referenced in C and D Architectural Volumes, III, plan figure 431, and illustration figure 432.

Local climate

Baltersan Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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 0.2°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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  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • 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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