East Cairn Hill Cottage (West), Kirkoswald is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 August 1977.

East Cairn Hill Cottage (West), Kirkoswald

WRENN ID
tangled-string-willow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 August 1977
OS grid reference
NS 240 075
Coordinates
55.33029, -4.77584
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

East Cairn Hill Cottage (West) is a later 18th century single-storey cottage immediately adjoining Souter Johnnie’s Cottage. It was likely built as part of a group around 1786. The cottage is constructed of coursed rubble walls with freestone dressings, featuring skew gables, slate roofs (originally thatched), moulded skewputs, and eaves cornices. Corner pilaster strips are also present. Most of the door and window openings facing the road have been blocked up. The architectural character is similar to that of Souter Johnnie’s Cottage. The statutory address is Cottages Known as East Cairn Hill.

Local climate

East Cairn Hill Cottage (West), Kirkoswald sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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