Boiler House, Camperdown Works, Methven Street, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 March 1986. Arcade.

Boiler House, Camperdown Works, Methven Street, Dundee

WRENN ID
hallowed-landing-falcon
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 March 1986
Type
Arcade
OS grid reference
NO 382 316
Coordinates
56.47249, -3.00447
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Boiler House at Camperdown Works on Methven Street in Dundee was built by G A Cox between 1865 and 1866. It features a long rubble arcade that runs east to west and is topped by a high parapet wall. Some of the arches in the structure have been partially blocked with brick over time, and there are chimneys present as well.

Local climate

Boiler House, Camperdown Works, Methven Street, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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