Glebe House, Kirkoswald is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971.

Glebe House, Kirkoswald

WRENN ID
gaunt-pier-willow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
OS grid reference
NS 238 072
Coordinates
55.32804, -4.7775
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Glebe House in Kirkoswald was built in 1771. It is constructed of ashlar stone and is two stories high. The front facade features three sash windows and a low parapet topped by a cornice. The roof is a ridge roof, and the house has modern brick stacks at each end. A central doorway is distinguished by pilasters. The building was formerly known as the Manse.

Local climate

Glebe House, 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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