5, 7, 9, 11 Main Street, Largs is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Commercial building. 5 related planning applications.

5, 7, 9, 11 Main Street, Largs

WRENN ID
rusted-belfry-sage
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 September 1982
Type
Commercial building
Address
5, 7, 9, 11 Main Street, Largs, KA30 8AA
OS grid reference
NS 202 594
Coordinates
55.79461, -4.8696
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

5, 7, 9, 11 Main Street in Largs is an earlier 19th-century building featuring two storeys and an attic, arranged in three bays. The exterior is finished in painted render, which is mostly lined to resemble ashlar, with defined margins. The ground floor has been significantly altered, with shop fronts located in the central and right bays, a door on the left, and a shop extending into the building on the extreme left. The first floor contains three windows, each fitted with 12-pane sash frames. Architectural details include an eaves course, a cornice, and a blocking course. The roof is slate, featuring two piended dormers and a ridge stack.

Local climate

5, 7, 9, 11 Main Street, Largs sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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