Brincliffe, West Dhuhill Drive, Helensburgh is a Grade B listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 June 1993. Villa.

Brincliffe, West Dhuhill Drive, Helensburgh

WRENN ID
sombre-alcove-brook
Grade
B
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
OS grid reference
NS 299 837
Coordinates
56.01625, -4.73012
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Brincliffe is a two-storey villa designed in a Free Style by Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers, and dated 1907. The building features asymmetrical design elements and is constructed from squared, snecked, and stugged red sandstone, with ashlar dressings at the ground level. The upper storey is predominantly harled and painted white. Notable architectural features include ashlar mullioned windows and swept eaves.

Local climate

Brincliffe, West Dhuhill Drive, 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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