23 Main Street is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 March 2004. Cottage.

23 Main Street

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 March 2004
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
NS 363 535
Coordinates
55.74771, -4.6095
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building is a single-storey cottage dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, located at 23 Main Street. It features three wide bays facing Main Street, a low wallhead, and later catslide dormers. The central entrance has a part-glazed timber boarded door with small windows on either side. The exterior is finished in painted pebbledash, which has replaced the original lime harl, and has smooth painted margins.

On the south (rear) elevation, there are three bays with a projecting bay to the right. A 20th-century addition has been made to the attic to accommodate a bathroom, along with a later glazed lean-to on the return.

The front of the cottage has timber sash and case windows with four panes each, and the roof is covered with grey slates. Inside, little of the original features remains, but there are two tiled fireplaces dating from around 1950.

Local climate

23 Main Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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