Post Office, 21 Main Street, Symington is a Grade C listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. 4 related planning applications.

Post Office, 21 Main Street, Symington

WRENN ID
lunar-cellar-falcon
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Central Ayrshire MP: Alan Gemmell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Address
Post Office, 21 Main Street, Symington, KA1 5QE
OS grid reference
NS 383 314
Coordinates
55.54952, -4.5635
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building is a narrow facade with two windows and a central door that is accessed by three steps.

Local climate

Post Office, 21 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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