Coia's Buildings, 27, 29 Main Street, Coatbridge is a Grade C listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 April 1993. Former cafe, shop, domestic building. 2 related planning applications.
Coia's Buildings, 27, 29 Main Street, Coatbridge
- WRENN ID
- hidden-screen-sedge
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Coatbridge and Bellshill MP: Frank McNally (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1993
- Type
- Former cafe, shop, domestic building
- Address
- Coia's Buildings, 27, 29 Main Street, Coatbridge, ML5 3AJ
- OS grid reference
- NS 731 651
- Coordinates
- 55.86278, -4.02848
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Coia's Buildings, located at 27 and 29 Main Street in Coatbridge, is a former cafe, shop, and domestic building designed by Thomas Smith in 1926. This narrow, four-storey structure with a basement showcases the 'Glasgow style' of architecture. The ground and first floors feature timber and plate glass, while the upper floors are constructed of polished red sandstone ashlar with brick return elevations. A brick pediment adorned with white-glazed brick bands enhances its façade.
The front elevation includes an original shopfront with a figured glass door, which is currently obscured by a plain modern shopfront. Above this, the first floor displays a full-width, five-light plate glass window with the name 'COIA'S CENTRAL CAFE' prominently featured. The second floor is highlighted by a decorative wrought-iron verandah and a recessed four-light canted window, which is topped with a decorative wrought-iron parapet. On the third floor, there is a four-light window set beneath a corniced and coped pediment. The interior of the building has not been seen.
Local climate
Coia's Buildings, 27, 29 Main Street, Coatbridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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 — 2 applications
- 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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