Methilfield, 77 James Street, Helensburgh is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 June 1993. Villa. 1 related planning application.
Methilfield, 77 James Street, Helensburgh
- WRENN ID
- ragged-gargoyle-briar
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1993
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Methilfield, 77 James Street, Helensburgh, G84 8XH
- OS grid reference
- NS 295 827
- Coordinates
- 56.00751, -4.73615
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Methilfield is a later 19th-century villa located at 77 James Street in Helensburgh. This two-storey, two-bay building features a single-storey entrance block that is recessed to the right (east) and includes a porch in the re-entrant angle, showcasing classical details. The exterior is constructed from squared and coursed cream sandstone with ashlar dressings, and it has a base course, a lintel/eaves course, bracketted overhanging eaves, and chamfered arrises around the windows.
On the south (entrance) elevation, the recessed block to the right has a decorative timber porch in the re-entrant angle, with a window flanking it to the right. The columnar porch has paired brackets supporting the cornice and features an openwork parapet with angle dies. The main block is advanced to the left and includes an advanced tripartite window with a parapet to the right at ground level, and a corniced bipartite window to the left. There are two symmetrically disposed windows on the first floor.
The villa has plate glass sash and case windows and a piended grey slate roof, with rendered and coped end stacks and moulded cans. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
Methilfield, 77 James Street, Helensburgh sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% 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 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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 — 1 application
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