60 Eglinton Street, Beith is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 December 1980.
60 Eglinton Street, Beith
- WRENN ID
- plain-cobble-peregrine
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1980
- OS grid reference
- NS 346 538
- Coordinates
- 55.74986, -4.63585
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is an early 19th century house situated on Eglinton Street, Beith. It is two storeys high with three bays, featuring a central door and a segmental-headed pend, originally intended for carriage access, now with later replacement doors to the left. The front is constructed of squared whinstone with raised sandstone margins, droved tabbed surrounds, and an eaves course.
The rear elevation has a two-storey and basement plan, with a central square stair tower featuring a ground-floor door. There are basement access doors flanking the staircase and two bays to the left and one to the right. The rear is built of random whinstone rubble with sandstone margins, and remnants of harl are visible.
UPVC windows have replaced the original timber sash and case windows throughout, although one original 12-pane timber sash and case window remains at the rear. The roof is covered with grey slates, with straight skews, coped ashlar end stacks, and a circular clay can on the right-hand stack.
The interior includes a turnpike stair, partially visible during a 2003 inspection.
The house is a typical example of an early 19th century dwelling. Its whinstone construction is distinctive, aligning with other buildings in the area, including numbers 33-35, 37, 39-41 Eglinton Street, and 15-19 Main Street. Though whinstone was quarried in areas outside Beith, particularly to the north and east, and at Barrmill, it is a relatively uncommon building material in Ayrshire, typically used for road construction due to its hardness. The building is marked on the 1858 Ordnance Survey map.
Local climate
60 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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