Auchenhard Tower is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1986. Tower.

Auchenhard Tower

WRENN ID
lone-corbel-grove
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 December 1986
Type
Tower
OS grid reference
NS 995 630
Coordinates
55.85039, -3.60657
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Auchenhard Tower is a castellated gothic circular tower built in the late 18th or early 19th century. It has three stages and features pointed openings and a crenellated parapet. The tower is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings and band courses.

Local climate

Auchenhard Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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