Glenapp Castle is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. 9 related planning applications.
Glenapp Castle
- WRENN ID
- fossil-cobble-shade
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Address
- Glenapp Castle, KA26 0NZ
- OS grid reference
- NX 093 807
- Coordinates
- 55.08416, -4.98833
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Glenapp Castle is a Scottish Baronial mansion built in 1870 by architect David Bryce for Mr. James Hunter, who had acquired the estate in 1864. The building was subsequently altered and enlarged following its purchase by Lord Inchcape. Further details are provided in “Castle & Mansions of Ayrshire” by A.H. Millar and the 3rd Statistical Account, page 867.
Local climate
Glenapp Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- 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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