Laigh Kirk Mission Hall, 35 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 July 1980.

Laigh Kirk Mission Hall, 35 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock

WRENN ID
white-garret-bistre
Grade
B
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 426 379
Coordinates
55.60982, -4.4999
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

37 John Finnie Street in Kilmarnock is a 2-storey, 3-bay symmetrical Gothic hall and shops built in 1896, with later alterations and an additional bay to the right. The building features stugged red sandstone ashlar with polished ashlar dressings. The central doorway is designed in a Tudor style and is flanked by modern shop windows at ground level. Above, there is a string course at the first floor, which supports two gables that have 4-centred arches surrounding the windows, along with carving in the arch heads.

The entrance elevation showcases a central doorway made up of semi-octagonal piers topped with a crenellated parapet that bears the carved name 'Laigh Kirk Mission Hall'. The door itself has a pointed-arched head with additional carving. The first floor features a central window set within a gablehead, while the end bays have large gables adorned with foliate carvings at the tips. The tripartite windows in these gables are constructed with stone mullions and transoms, and are framed by arched architraves and hoodmoulds that enclose carved panels, including a central round niche with masks and decorative carving. The additional bay also contains a tripartite window with stone mullions and transoms.

The building is topped with a slate roof, and while the interior was not seen in 2001, it remains part of the overall historical significance of the structure.

Local climate

Laigh Kirk Mission Hall, 35 John Finnie Street, Kilmarnock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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