2 Nelson Street, Largs is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. House.
2 Nelson Street, Largs
- WRENN ID
- carved-mortar-finch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 8 September 1982
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- NS 202 596
- Coordinates
- 55.7966, -4.86826
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This mid 19th century house at 2 Nelson Street in Largs is a two-storey building with an attic over a basement, featuring three bays. The exterior is finished in painted ashlar with decorative dressings. A central door is accessed by steps and is framed by a Roman Doric engaged columned doorpiece with an entablature. The house has six-pane upper sashes throughout, with channelled angle margins, an eaves course, a cornice, and a blocking course. There are two box dormers, end stacks, and a slate roof.
Local climate
2 Nelson 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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