70 Eglinton Street, Beith is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1971. 1 related planning application.
70 Eglinton Street, Beith
- WRENN ID
- drifting-terrace-solstice
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1971
- Address
- 70 Eglinton Street, Beith, KA15 1AQ
- OS grid reference
- NS 346 538
- Coordinates
- 55.74948, -4.6368
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a two-storey, three-bay house dating to circa 1810, located at 70 Eglinton Street, Beith. It is a typical early 19th century building, made particularly notable by its small pediment and apex stack, a characteristic feature of buildings in this region. Many similar buildings have lost their stacks, so their survival adds variety and interest to the streetscape. The building retains its prominence because there are no later dormers.
The front elevation features painted pebbledash with painted margins around the window and door openings, raised cills, an eaves course, and a cornice. A shallow central pediment sits above the doorway, topped with a corniced stack. A late 19th century timber-panelled door is present, complete with a letterbox fanlight. A window is visible to the right when looking from the interior, while a blocked window opening is located to the left.
The north-west (rear) elevation consists of two storeys and a basement, with a later three-storey brick addition to the center. The rear elevation is constructed of sandstone rubble, with remnants of original lime harl.
The interior has been altered, but retains a cast-iron balustrade and a mahogany handrail. Replacement UPVC glazing, likely 12-pane, is present, along with aluminium glazing on the ground floor installed before the building was listed. The roof is covered in grey slates, with a coped ashlar end stack topped with later cans, and a circular clay can at the apex of the stack.
The building is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1858. Additional information has been provided by Mr J Gilius.
Local climate
70 Eglinton Street, Beith sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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