Lion Gatepiers, Kinnell House is a Grade C listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Lion Gatepiers, Kinnell House
- WRENN ID
- bitter-doorway-ridge
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NN 576 328
- Coordinates
- 56.46659, -4.3119
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
These are the third and innermost set of gatepiers situated on the West drive leading to Kinnell House, and are part of a wider group of listed buildings. Dating from the 18th century, the gatepiers are circular and constructed of rubble stone with flat tops. They are surmounted by crouching lions, believed to be of oriental origin. The gatepiers form an important element of the approach to Kinnell House. They are part of a group value listing that includes the first set of Urn Gatepiers, the Kinnell Urn Gatepiers, Yellow Cottage, Ball Finial Gatepiers on the South Drive, Kinnell House, the walled garden and ancillary buildings, the Kinnell House steading, and the Kinnell House ice house.
Local climate
Lion Gatepiers, Kinnell House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 80 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 60 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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