81 Main Street, Kilbirnie is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 December 1980.

81 Main Street, Kilbirnie

WRENN ID
floating-iron-merlin
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 December 1980
Address
81 Main Street, Kilbirnie, KA25 7AA
OS grid reference
NS 315 544
Coordinates
55.7542, -4.68541
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a two-story building with an attic, dating from the later 19th century and located at 81, 83, and 85 Main Street, Kilbirnie. The exterior is painted render with ashlar detailing. A central recessed door is sheltered by a pilastered doorpiece. The right bay features a shop with a window that has been enlarged, while the left bay has a blocked door, a blocked doorway, and an enlarged shop window. The first floor has four sash windows, three of which retain their original 12-pane glazing. An eaves course runs along the roofline. A modern dormer window has been added to the right side, and there are end chimney stacks topped by a slate roof. The butcher's shop on the right side includes ceramic tilework designed by J. Duncan.

Local climate

81 Main Street, Kilbirnie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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