Barony Church Of Scotland, Arran Place, Ardrossan is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 February 1980. Church. 1 related planning application.

Barony Church Of Scotland, Arran Place, Ardrossan

WRENN ID
tilted-minaret-moth
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 February 1980
Type
Church
Address
Barony Church Of Scotland, Arran Place, Ardrossan, KA22 8DR
OS grid reference
NS 231 420
Coordinates
55.63938, -4.81099
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Barony Church of Scotland, located on Arran Place in Ardrossan, was designed by Black and Salmon, Architects from Glasgow in 1844 and showcases Gothic architectural style. The church has a rectangular plan with gables at both the east and west ends, featuring an elaborate, projecting eastern tower topped with a spire. The eastern façade is made of polished yellow sandstone, while the side elevations are constructed from rubble.

At the east entrance, there is a central door with a pointed head, above which is a triple light window. This window's central light consists of two lancets and trefoil tracery. The first stage of the tower has shallow gables, with a square clock tower rising from the center. Clasping buttresses at all angles are capped with gabletted pinnacles, creating a lively silhouette. The facetted spire includes two tiers of lucarnes on four faces and is adorned with a ship weathervane.

The main body of the church consists of six bays, each featuring pointed arched windows with Y astragals and window margins, all beneath a slate roof.

Local climate

Barony Church Of Scotland, Arran Place, Ardrossan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,540 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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