Shiskine, Arran is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 August 1995. Memorial.

Shiskine, Arran

WRENN ID
upper-steeple-alder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 August 1995
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
NR 901 300
Coordinates
55.51901, -5.32556
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Shiskine is a memorial built around 1877 by mason Cumming from Ardrossan. It features an ashlar obelisk set on a base and plinth, topped with a poppyhead finial. This memorial honors the Rev Archibald Nicol, who served as the minister of the Free Church in Shiskine from 1852 to 1876.

Local climate

Shiskine, Arran sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 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 99% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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