Illieston Castle is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. 4 related planning applications.
Illieston Castle
- WRENN ID
- low-pediment-moth
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Constituency
- Livingston MP: Gregor Poynton (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1971
- Address
- Illieston Castle, EH52 5PD
- OS grid reference
- NT 100 699
- Coordinates
- 55.91448, -3.44008
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Illieston Castle is a traditional, two-and-a-half storey house dating from circa 1600, constructed of rubble and featuring a corbie-stepped gable design. The building is roofed with slate and has gabled dormers. A square, three-and-a-half storey stair tower is located on the south side, incorporating a corbelled turret in the re-entrant angle. The interior has been modernised.
A forecourt on the north side is flanked by offices and stables, also with corbie-stepped gables. A Renaissance gateway, inscribed with "MIE, Anno 1665", provides access to the forecourt.
The land was acquired in 1664 by John Ellis, an advocate connected to the families of Plenland, West Lothian, and Southsyde, Midlothian, and the house was subsequently altered. Ownership passed to the Hamiltons in 1693 and then to the 3rd Earl of Hopetoun in 1765.
Local climate
Illieston Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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