21 Main Street, Largs is a Grade C listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 September 1982. Corner building.

21 Main Street, Largs

WRENN ID
ancient-truss-brook
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 September 1982
Type
Corner building
OS grid reference
NS 202 594
Coordinates
55.79442, -4.86907
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

21 Main Street in Largs is a mid-19th century, two-storey and attic corner building featuring curved angle bays. The Edwardian shop front includes a recessed door on the right, situated beneath a continuous fascia. The first floor is finished in painted ashlar, with windows facing Main Street that are divided by pilasters. There is a cornice and a blocking course above. The building has a single piended, canted dormer and a slate roof that is piended on the left side. The west elevation is harled and has a blocked door in the right bay.

Local climate

21 Main Street, Largs sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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