Mar Lodge, Upper Castlehill, Stirling is a Grade B listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1965. Lodge. 1 related planning application.

Mar Lodge, Upper Castlehill, Stirling

WRENN ID
secret-mullion-solstice
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1965
Type
Lodge
OS grid reference
NS 792 938
Coordinates
56.12208, -3.94374
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Mar Lodge is an early 19th century building featuring three storeys and a basement. The east front showcases twin bow windows made of whin ashlar. Access to the building is provided at the second floor level on the west side. The central bay is pedimented and includes an arched fanlight doorpiece supported by Ionic columns, with one window on either side. The structure is topped with a main cornice and a blocking course, and it has a slated roof.

Local climate

Mar Lodge, Upper Castlehill, Stirling sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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