Duntarvie Castle is a Grade A listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. 1 related planning application.

Duntarvie Castle

WRENN ID
quiet-cobalt-pearl
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Address
Duntarvie Castle, EH52 6QA
OS grid reference
NT 090 764
Coordinates
55.97264, -3.45885
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Duntarvie Castle is a tower house dating to around 1590. It comprises an oblong, three-storey main block with square, four-storey towers at the north corners. The building is constructed of rubble and is in a somewhat dilapidated condition, with a corbelled and stepped gable and a missing roof. An eaves course is present. Stair turrets are located in the north re-entrant angles.

Internally, the first floor is vaulted. A single flight of stairs leads to the Hall and Drawing Room on the second floor.

The castle was likely built for James Durham, who was granted the lands of Duntarvie in 1588, and subsequently acquired by the Hope family and incorporated into the Hopetoun Estate. It is designated a Scheduled Monument.

Local climate

Duntarvie Castle receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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