Wheatsheaf Inn, Main Street, Symington is a Grade C listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Inn. 1 related planning application.

Wheatsheaf Inn, Main Street, Symington

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Inn
Address
Wheatsheaf Inn, Main Street, Symington, KA1 5QB
OS grid reference
NS 384 313
Coordinates
55.54883, -4.56282
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Wheatsheaf Inn is a single-storey building located on Main Street in Symington. It features a harled exterior and has four widely spaced sash windows, with a centrally located panelled door. The inn has been restored and forms an L-shaped group, with an old projecting stable situated at the rear.

Local climate

Wheatsheaf Inn, Main Street, Symington sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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