Lower Glen, Keir House is a Grade B listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Dam-cascade bridge.

Lower Glen, Keir House

WRENN ID
unlit-forge-quill
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Dam-cascade bridge
OS grid reference
NS 765 985
Coordinates
56.16401, -3.99029
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lower Glen, Keir House features a small cascade at the upper end and a fine Italianate dam-cascade bridge at the lower end. The structure was likely built around 1857 to 1859.

Local climate

Lower Glen, Keir House 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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