Library, Brisbane Centre, 30 Bath Street, Largs is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Bath house. 1 related planning application.

Library, Brisbane Centre, 30 Bath Street, Largs

WRENN ID
lone-threshold-swallow
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
Bath house
Address
Library, Brisbane Centre, 30 Bath Street, Largs, KA30 8BL
OS grid reference
NS 201 593
Coordinates
55.79359, -4.87104
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building is a single-storey former bath house, constructed in 1816. It features painted ashlar with dressings. The elevation facing Bath Street includes a tall round-headed doorway in an advanced central bay, with the door flanked by side lights and an arched fanlight. There are four windows on this facade; the right side has sash windows, while the left side contains blind windows. Additional architectural details include a cill course, eaves course, and a cornice with a blocking course above the entrance. The curved south gable has three 9-pane windows with raised cills. The elevation facing Fort Street is similar but has a segmental-headed doorway; the windows on the right have raised cills, and the two outer left bays are blocked by a modern rectangular café.

Local climate

Library, Brisbane Centre, 30 Bath 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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