Cowane's House, St Mary's Wynd, Stirling is a Grade A listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 February 1978. House. 1 related planning application.

Cowane's House, St Mary's Wynd, Stirling

WRENN ID
third-cobalt-thistle
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 February 1978
Type
House
OS grid reference
NS 793 938
Coordinates
56.12209, -3.94266
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Cowane's House is a 17th century ruin located on St Mary's Wynd in Stirling. Originally designed as a three-storey building with an attic, it has a U-shaped plan and is constructed from rubble. The structure features a square staircase tower facing the street and the remnants of a corbelled corner turret. The oldest part of the main building, situated in the southeast, is believed to have been started around 1603, with later additions made in 1633 and 1697.

Local climate

Cowane's House, St Mary's Wynd, 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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