14-18 Polwarth Street, Galston is a Grade C listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 July 1980.
14-18 Polwarth Street, Galston
- WRENN ID
- sombre-lancet-sunrise
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- East Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1980
- OS grid reference
- NS 501 366
- Coordinates
- 55.60071, -4.38002
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
6-8 Polwarth Street in Galston is a typical vernacular range of old properties that line the west side of the street. The building at No. 20-22 is dated 1803 and features a raised central chimney. It is constructed of ashlar, stucco, and painted stonework. This property is one of the few remaining continuous groups of houses in the center of the burgh that date from the late 18th to early 19th centuries. In contrast, the opposite side of the street has been partly rebuilt during the Victorian era.
Local climate
14-18 Polwarth Street, Galston sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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 0.2°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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