St Peter-In-Chains Roman Catholic Church, South Crescent Road, Ardrossan is a Grade A listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 April 1978. Church. 2 related planning applications.
St Peter-In-Chains Roman Catholic Church, South Crescent Road, Ardrossan
- WRENN ID
- white-parapet-dawn
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1978
- Type
- Church
- Address
- St Peter-In-Chains Roman Catholic Church, South Crescent Road, Ardrossan, KA22 8DU
- OS grid reference
- NS 232 421
- Coordinates
- 55.64073, -4.8092
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Peter-In-Chains Roman Catholic Church, located on South Crescent Road in Ardrossan, was built in 1938 by the architects Gillespie, Kidd and Coia. This church features a long aisled nave with a tower positioned at the southeast corner. The exterior is constructed of multi-hued brick and topped with a tiled roof. The plain south end includes a pointed doorway with decorative brickwork above, flanked by two very small windows. The tower is capped with a copper turret. Inside, the church boasts a spacious interior supported by brick piers, a plastered ceiling, a gallery at the south end, and a sanctuary at the north end.
Local climate
St Peter-In-Chains Roman Catholic Church, South Crescent Road, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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