Byre Hill, Ardochbank, Doune is a Grade B listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 September 1979. House. 3 related planning applications.
Byre Hill, Ardochbank, Doune
- WRENN ID
- south-string-thunder
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Stirling
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 September 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- Byre Hill, Ardochbank, Doune, FK16 6DP
- OS grid reference
- NN 730 014
- Coordinates
- 56.18836, -4.04757
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Byre Hill, located at Ardochbank in Doune, is a two-storey asymmetrical house built in 1851 with later additions. The building features snecked and squared rubble with ashlar dressings, and the windows are chamfered.
On the south elevation, there is a wide advanced bay with two bays to the left and one to the right. A gabled porch is set at an angle in the left re-entrant angle, with a tripartite window to the left. The advanced gable end has a canted bay with one hood-moulded window above, and there is one window in each bay on the first floor, all featuring wall-head gables. The west elevation also has a canted design at ground level. All windows are fitted with lying-pane glazing. The house has extensive rear buildings, projecting eaves, and a slate roof.
Local climate
Byre Hill, Ardochbank, Doune sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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