5, 7, 9 The Strand, Beith is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 December 1980. 1 related planning application.
5, 7, 9 The Strand, Beith
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cobble-barley
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1980
- Address
- 5, 7, 9 The Strand, Beith, KA15 1DT
- OS grid reference
- NS 348 538
- Coordinates
- 55.75009, -4.63292
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This building, located at 5, 7, and 9 The Strand in Beith, dates from the earlier 19th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. It is two storeys and has an attic, arranged over four bays. The front has three doors at ground level, set in irregularly spaced openings with stop-chamfered details and timber doors. The door on the left has a round-arched top section with small panes of glass and a letterbox fanlight above. There are three enlarged shop windows. Above these, the first floor contains four regularly spaced windows with raised sills. A central pediment sits above the building, topped with a corniced stack. Two dormers are positioned in the roof, each having a piended and gabled roof shape. The building is constructed from buff sandstone ashlar, featuring an eaves cornice and a blocking course.
The rear elevation is single-storey and attic, with a central stair turret, covered by a catslide roof. Windows are placed on either side of the turret, and two piended dormers are visible.
The shop windows on the front are now made of UPVC plate glass. The first-floor windows are UPVC tilt-and-turn units, replacing earlier timber sash and case windows that originally had four panes (likely originally twelve). The dormer windows are also UPVC, replacing timber sash and case windows with two panes, although the central dormer’s upper sash was formerly round-arched with a two-pane lower sash. The roof is covered in grey slates, and the apex stack has tall circular clay cans.
The interior of the building was not inspected in 2003.
The building is part of a group with the building at 9 Eglinton Street. It is prominently located on The Strand in Beith and has had its ashlar facade restored, having been previously painted. While the original glazing has been replaced with non-traditional windows, the central pediment, stack and cans remain important features, contributing to the distinctive local character of the town. The building is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1858.
Local climate
5, 7, 9 The Strand, Beith sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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