Kilwinning Abbey Church, Main Street, Kilwinning is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Undetermined. 6 related planning applications.

Kilwinning Abbey Church, Main Street, Kilwinning

WRENN ID
former-lintel-indigo
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Undetermined
Address
Kilwinning Abbey Church, Main Street, Kilwinning, KA13 6AW
OS grid reference
NS 303 432
Coordinates
55.65345, -4.69836
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kilwinning Abbey Church, built in 1775 with some additions, features an Elginton loft that has a canopy supported by three slender Corinthian columns. The graveyard surrounding the church is also of some interest.

Local climate

Kilwinning Abbey Church, Main Street, Kilwinning sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,450 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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