Unitas Buildings, 4 Main Street, Thornleibank is a Grade C listed building in the East Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 January 1988.

Unitas Buildings, 4 Main Street, Thornleibank

WRENN ID
steep-baluster-rowan
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Renfrewshire
Constituency
East Renfrewshire MP: Blair McDougall (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 January 1988
Address
Unitas Buildings, 4 Main Street, Thornleibank, G46 7SH
OS grid reference
NS 547 593
Coordinates
55.80558, -4.31861
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Unitas Buildings is a 3-storey tenement dating to 1906, erected by the Thornliebank Co-operative Society. The building has a curved facade that follows the street line and features a series of prominent wall-head gables, each two bays wide, with flue-bearing cross-walls. A single bay dormer-head is located on the left-hand side.

The building is constructed of polished yellow ashlar, with the exception of the north flank and rear, which are of yellow brick. Most of the windows are bipartite and, above ground level, have curved cills with a central corbel. They are fitted with plate glass sashes. Shops are located at each corner, and the south corner bay is canted with a wavy parapet. There is an octagonal attic room with a leaded, bell-cast roof, and wall-head stacks are situated alongside each elevation. The south flank is of polished ashlar, the north flank and rear are of yellow brick, and the roofs are slate covered. The statutory address is 2-12 Main Street, Thornliebank.

Local climate

Unitas Buildings, 4 Main Street, Thornleibank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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 0.2°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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