1 Main Street, Largs is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Corner building.

1 Main Street, Largs

WRENN ID
errant-casement-smoke
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
Corner building
Address
1 Main Street, Largs, KA30 8AA
OS grid reference
NS 201 594
Coordinates
55.79459, -4.8698
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

1 Main Street in Largs is an earlier 19th century corner building that stands two storeys high with an attic. It features one bay facing Gallowgate and a broad, curved bay on Main Street. The exterior is finished in painted ashlar with margins, although the ground floor has been altered for shops. On the first floor, there are two sash windows; the left window has plate glass, while the right window has 12 panes. The building is adorned with an eaves course, cornice, and blocking course. A wall-head stack sits on a tall plinth, and there is a single piended dormer. The roof is covered with slate.

Local climate

1 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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