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

Congregational Church, Hamilton Street, Saltcoats

WRENN ID
dark-jamb-dew
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
Church
Address
Congregational Church, Hamilton Street, Saltcoats, KA21 5DT
OS grid reference
NS 244 414
Coordinates
55.63444, -4.78992
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Congregational Church on Hamilton Street in Saltcoats, designed by architect Lewis Fullarton in 1863, is a Gothic-style building with a rectangular plan constructed of snecked rubble. The central door is set beneath a pointed arch with moulded reveals in the gable end. Above the door, there is one lancet window, with two additional lancets flanking it. The gable features urn finials, and the body of the church has four lancet windows, all of which have glazed margins.

Local climate

Congregational Church, Hamilton 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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