A long, richly modelled brick frontage brings late-Victorian colour, shop-scale glazing and a prominent gabled corner to Auchencairn’s older rubble-built street.
Quick facts
- Date
- Late nineteenth century
- Architect / designer
- Architect and builder not recorded in the designation
- Type
- Two-storey and attic polychrome-brick corner group
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB17107)
- OS grid reference
- NX 79830 51418
Architecture and continuing use
Polychrome brickwork is patterned with bands and lozenges and punctuated by painted hoodmoulds. A tall advanced gable, canted timber oriel and paired gabled dormers animate the long frontage, while large ground-floor windows indicate commercial-scale openings. Banded stacks and steep slate roofs add a strong skyline.
Its story
The group was built late in the nineteenth century, when new materials and more elaborate commercial architecture could be introduced into the established village. Its statutory address was amended in June 2025 to identify the Main Street and Bakery Street components accurately.
Why it is included
It provides the cohort’s clearest contrast with the village’s earlier painted-rubble houses and records a more assertive late-nineteenth-century streetscape.
What to notice
- Lozenge and band patterns worked into the brick.
- The canted timber oriel on the long frontage.
- Dormers and the advanced gable breaking the roofline.
Reading the surroundings
View from public pavements, allowing space for any businesses, residents and deliveries. Do not assume that ground-floor glazing indicates public access.
Timeline
- Late nineteenth century A large polychrome-brick group reshaped this part of Main Street.
- 23 April 1990 The building was added to the statutory list at Category B.
- 26 June 2025 HES amended the statutory address to clarify the linked properties.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
The designation describes historic form but does not establish the current use of each address or whether every former shop opening remains operational.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: 23 and 25 Main Street and 1 Bakery Street, Auchencairn, LB17107 — Current designation status, official mapped location, date, fabric and significance.
- Auchencairn community website — Current community context for the village, its facilities and present local life.
- Trove search: 23 and 25 Main Street, Auchencairn — National collection search for site records, surveys, photographs and archive material.
Location
OS grid reference NX 79830 51418 · Location confidence: High for the current national designation point; public text separately states access, component-identity and current-use uncertainty. · Select the marker to open its satellite view in Google Maps. On desktop, drag Pegman (the yellow figure) onto a blue road. On mobile, turn on the Street View layer and tap a blue road. Other photo markers may be user-contributed.
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