1, 3 Countess Street, Saltcoats is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 February 1980. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.

1, 3 Countess Street, Saltcoats

WRENN ID
half-spindle-juniper
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 February 1980
Type
Commercial building
Address
1, 3 Countess Street, Saltcoats, KA21 5HP
OS grid reference
NS 247 412
Coordinates
55.63277, -4.78508
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

1 and 3 Countess Street in Saltcoats is an 18th-century building that has been extensively altered. It is an L-plan corner structure with two storeys, featuring four bays facing Countess Street and two bays facing Bradshaw Street. The exterior is harled, and there is an early 20th-century shop front at No 3, which includes two wall head dormers. The ground floor of No 1 has been modernized with two square windows above. The building has crow-stepped gables with moulded skew putts and a slate roof. The rear wing includes a door and one window on each floor.

Local climate

1, 3 Countess Street, Saltcoats 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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