Old Post Office, 2 Burnside Row, Kirkmichael is a Grade C listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 June 1979.

Old Post Office, 2 Burnside Row, Kirkmichael

WRENN ID: over-vestry-storm
Grade: C
Local Planning Authority: South Ayrshire
Constituency: Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 29 June 1979
OS grid reference: NS 342 089
Coordinates: 55.34633, -4.61485
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Post Office, formerly known as The Auld Posthouse, is a mid-19th century building of two storeys. Constructed with granite snecked with whin, it features ashlar dressings and quoins. The front facade has three bays, with a wide central door flanked by two bipartite windows. Above, there are three windows with long and short ashlar dressings. The roof is piended and covered in slate, with brick end stacks. A three-window side elevation includes a central door. The statutory address was changed to 2 Burnside Row in 2011.

Local climate

Old Post Office, 2 Burnside Row, Kirkmichael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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.

Old Post Office, 2 Burnside Row, Kirkmichael

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