28 Cochrane Street, Kilbirnie is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 December 1980. 2 related planning applications.

28 Cochrane Street, Kilbirnie

WRENN ID
upper-terrace-blackthorn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Ayrshire
Constituency
North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 December 1980
Address
28 Cochrane Street, Kilbirnie, KA25 7AS
OS grid reference
NS 313 546
Coordinates
55.75529, -4.68971
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a two-storey, three-bay building dating from the mid-19th century. The exterior is of painted, droved ashlar with contrasting margins. A central recessed doorway is accentuated by a broad pilastered doorpiece, flanked by two narrow windows above. Plate glass sash windows are present throughout. The building has a prominent eaves course, a cornice, and a central wall-head pediment featuring a tall, corniced apex stack. End stacks and a slate roof complete the structure.

Local climate

28 Cochrane Street, Kilbirnie sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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