Touch House is a Grade A listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 September 1973. House. 2 related planning applications.

Touch House

WRENN ID
haunted-brick-lark
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 September 1973
Type
House
Address
Touch House, FK8 3AQ
OS grid reference
NS 753 927
Coordinates
56.11122, -4.00641
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Touch House is likely the finest Georgian building in Stirling County, designed by William Adam in the mid-18th century. It features a 16th-century tower on the right and additional 16th and 17th-century structures at the rear. The south facade stands three storeys tall and is adorned with a highly decorated pediment that includes scrolls and the arms of the Setons of Touch. The symmetrical elevation is constructed in ashlar, with the first-floor windows framed by moulded architraves that are highlighted by triangular or segmental pediments.

Local climate

Touch House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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