April Cottage, 23 Shuttle Street, Kilbarchan is a Grade C listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 August 1977. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

April Cottage, 23 Shuttle Street, Kilbarchan

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 August 1977
Type
Cottage
Address
April Cottage, 23 Shuttle Street, Kilbarchan, PA10 2JN
OS grid reference
NS 400 633
Coordinates
55.83703, -4.55501
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

April Cottage, located at 23 Shuttle Street in Kilbarchan, is a single-storey building with an attic, constructed from rubble and featuring a slated roof. It is believed to date from around 1700. The rear of the cottage has been completely altered, including a large window and a long dormer, although the dormer is no longer situated at the front of the building.

Local climate

April Cottage, 23 Shuttle Street, Kilbarchan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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