Sundial, Doonholm Estate, Ayr is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 March 2000. Sundial.

Sundial, Doonholm Estate, Ayr

WRENN ID
rusted-doorway-bittern
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 March 2000
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
NS 338 173
Coordinates
55.42188, -4.6271
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a composite sundial located at Doonholm Estate in Ayr, dating from the later 18th century and the mid 19th century. It features four sandstone lions that support a circular stone base, which has a carved outer edge. Rising from this base is a mid 19th century column topped with an Egyptian-style capital. Above the column is a four-sided square-plan sundial, which has gnomons in place, and it is surmounted by four Atlas statues that are carrying a globe.

Local climate

Sundial, Doonholm Estate, Ayr 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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 0.3°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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