83-85 Main Street, Kilbirnie is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 December 1980. 3 related planning applications.

83-85 Main Street, Kilbirnie

WRENN ID
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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
83-85 Main Street, Kilbirnie, KA25 7AA
OS grid reference
NS 315 544
Coordinates
55.75415, -4.68541
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a building of the later 19th century, situated at 83-85 Main Street, Kilbirnie. It is a two-storey and attic structure with painted render external walls and ashlar margins. The central door is recessed within a pilastered doorpiece. The right-hand bay features a shop with an enlarged window, alongside a blocked door. Similarly, the left-hand bay has a blocked door and an enlarged shop window. Four sash windows are located on the first floor, three of which retain their original 12-pane glazing. An eaves course runs along the top of the building. A single, modern dormer is present on the right side. Chimneys are located at each end of the roof, which is covered in slate. Decorative ceramic tilework, the work of J. Duncan, is located in the butcher’s shop on the right-hand side.

Local climate

83-85 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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