1 Makerston Place, Largs is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. House. 1 related planning application.
1 Makerston Place, Largs
- WRENN ID
- slow-jamb-finch
- 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
- House
- Address
- 1 Makerston Place, Largs, KA30 8BY
- OS grid reference
- NS 202 590
- Coordinates
- 55.79166, -4.86919
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
1 Makerston Place in Largs is a mid-19th century asymmetrical house featuring two storeys above a raised basement and a three-storey square tower. The building is harled with polished ashlar dressings, including window and angle margins, a band course between the storeys, and an eaves course.
On the west elevation, there is a central advanced bay with an entrance tower located in the re-entrant angle to the right. The entrance features a corniced door with a porch supported by decorative cast-iron stanchions. Above the entrance, there is a single window, and on the third storey, there are round-headed tripartite windows on each face. The advanced bay has tripartite windows that are round-headed with a bracketed projecting cill on the second storey. The basement and outer bays contain single windows, all featuring corbelled cills and plate glass sashes. The eaves project and are bracketed over the advanced bay, and the roof is covered with piended slate. The asymmetrical north elevation displays similar detailing.
Local climate
1 Makerston Place, 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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