Stobsmuir Water Works, Clepington Road, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1993. Water works. 2 related planning applications.

Stobsmuir Water Works, Clepington Road, Dundee

WRENN ID
noble-niche-snow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 March 1993
Type
Water works
OS grid reference
NO 414 320
Coordinates
56.47729, -2.95185
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Stobsmuir Water Works, located on Clepington Road in Dundee, was rebuilt by David Baxter in 1908. It features a near-rectangular plan concrete-roofed reservoir, surrounded by castellated boundary walls and towers made of rubble. The elevation facing Clepington Road has a rock-faced rubble wall topped with ashlar coping. There are two small square-plan towers with corbelled-out castellated parapets; the central tower serves as the Valve House, while the Chart Room is to the right. Both have central nail-studded doors set within roll- and hood-moulded architraves, flanked by blind slit windows. The Valve House is inscribed with "Dundee Water Works 1845/1908," and the Chart Room displays the arms of Dundee and features angle turrets.

The southern, eastern, and western elevations consist of a random rubble wall with ashlar coping, and small square towers with corbelled-out castellated parapets are positioned at the angles and midpoints. The reservoir itself is concrete-roofed and covered with turf. The interior of the Valve House has been somewhat altered, except for the water level gauge. Additionally, there are steel railings along Clepington Road, complemented by ashlar conical-capped gatepiers.

Local climate

Stobsmuir Water Works, Clepington Road, 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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