Old Parish Church, Saltcoats is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Church.

Old Parish Church, Saltcoats

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NS 245 413
Coordinates
55.6344, -4.78907
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Parish Church in Saltcoats, built in 1744, is the third parish church for Ardrossan. It was storm damaged and rebuilt in 1774. The church is rectangular and constructed of rubble, featuring a pedimented projection and a belfry at the west end.

Local climate

Old Parish Church, 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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