47-51 Princes Street, Ardrossan is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Terraced house.
47-51 Princes Street, Ardrossan
- WRENN ID
- steep-chapel-owl
- 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
- Terraced house
- Address
- 47-51 Princes Street, Ardrossan, KA22 8DE
- OS grid reference
- NS 229 420
- Coordinates
- 55.6401, -4.8144
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
47-51 Princes Street in Ardrossan is an early 19th-century building, part of the original layout designed for Lord Eglinton by the architect Peter Nicholson in 1806. The structure has two storeys, with some sections featuring later attics. The buildings at 41-45 and 63-67 consist of four bays, while 47-57 has three bays. The exterior is primarily finished in painted ashlar, with the exception of 53-57, which is pebbledash. Notable features include a pilastered doorpiece at number 49 and a pair of similar doorpieces at 63-67, although the ground floors have been modernized. Some windows are adorned with architraves, and there are pilasters between the blocks that have fluted capitals. The building is capped with a cornice and a blocking course, and it has a slate roof that is piended at the ends of the terraces.
Local climate
47-51 Princes Street, 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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