23 Dalhowan Street, Crosshill is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971.

23 Dalhowan Street, Crosshill

WRENN ID
ancient-threshold-lake
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
OS grid reference
NS 326 064
Coordinates
55.32392, -4.63902
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a continuous range of cottages along the west side of Dalhowan Street in Crosshill. Built primarily in the early 19th century, they form part of a planned weaver’s village with many residents coming from Ireland. The cottages are mostly single-storey, though some have dormers or attics, and a few are two-storeys high. They are constructed of painted rubble with contrasting margins, and some are raised. The windows vary, with a mixture of timber sash and case windows and more recent replacements. The roofs are covered in grey slates, with gable and ridge stacks, and some raised skews.

The cottages are unusual for their continuous arrangement and retain much of their original appearance, adding significantly to the streetscape and character of the village; the rooflines and window openings are relatively unaltered. Some cottages are asymmetrical, with two windows on one side of the entrance door and one on the other, reflecting the original layout where weaving rooms would have accommodated two looms.

Crosshill is described in "The Buildings of Scotland" as being the least altered example of a weaver's village in Ayrshire. Number 83 Dalhowan Street is a later addition, built in 2004. The property was originally listed as Crosshill Village, numbers 15 to 91 (odd numbers only) Dalhowan Street.

Local climate

23 Dalhowan Street, Crosshill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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