Kilhenzie Castle is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Castle.
Kilhenzie Castle
- WRENN ID
- grim-lancet-thyme
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1971
- Type
- Castle
- OS grid reference
- NS 308 082
- Coordinates
- 55.33899, -4.66867
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kilhenzie Castle is a simple 16th century keep that was in ruins for some time before being restored and enlarged during the Victorian era with additions in the Baronial style.
Local climate
Kilhenzie Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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