3 The Whins, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 2DS is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
3 The Whins, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 2DS
- WRENN ID
- little-column-storm
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- D 390 030
- Coordinates
- 54.85551, -5.83542
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
3 The Whins is a post-war house built around 1965 in a modern style, designed by James Loggie of Gerald R. Smith and Partners, architects of Belfast, and originally constructed for the contractor himself. The design features a single-storey, flat-roofed form on an asymmetrical plan, with a garage incorporated beneath one end. The roof is covered in asphalt, and the walls are built from grey concrete brick. Green painted sheeted fascias are positioned between parapet upstands, and the original pine windows have been replaced with double-glazed units that replicate the original pattern. The house occupies an elevated site at the head of a sloping lawn. A curved screen wall defines the front steps, and a shared driveway and turning area have been developed in conjunction with the adjacent property at No. 4, which is built in a similar style. The property has been extended twice, though the dates of these alterations are unknown.
Local climate
3 The Whins, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 2DS sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No sale records on file
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