6 East High Street, Airdrie is a Grade C listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 March 2002.

6 East High Street, Airdrie

WRENN ID
blind-tower-bistre
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Lanarkshire
Constituency
Airdrie and Shotts MP: Kenneth Stevenson (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 March 2002
OS grid reference
NS 760 657
Coordinates
55.86855, -3.98224
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

8 East High Street in Airdrie is a classical tenement building dating from around 1840. It is two stories tall and has a rectangular plan with a gabled roof. The building features nine bays and includes shops on the ground floor. The exterior is made of yellow ashlar sandstone, which is channelled at the ground level. Notable architectural details include a base course, a dividing band between the first and second stories, an eaves course, a projecting cornice, and a blocking course. The upper storey windows have shouldered moulded architraves.

On the northwest (principal) elevation, the upper storey displays regular fenestration. The ground floor features a symmetrical three-bay shop front on the far left, a panelled door in the fourth bay, an asymmetrical shop front in the fifth and sixth bays, and a panelled door with a projecting keystone in the sixth bay. There is also a two-bay asymmetrical shop front on the outer right.

The southeast (rear) elevation is not visible, and the northeast and southwest (side) elevations are obscured by adjoining buildings.

Inside, the ground floor has modern shop fittings, while the tenements on the upper floor were not seen during the last inspection in 2001. The upper storey is fitted with 12-pane sash and case windows, while the ground floor has plate glass windows. The roof is covered with grey slates and features lead flashing, broad coped gable stacks, and cast-iron rainwater goods.

Local climate

6 East High Street, Airdrie 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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