Balgray Reservoir Draw-Off Tower, Aurs Road is a Grade B listed building in the East Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 November 2008. Reservoir draw-off tower. 1 related planning application.

Balgray Reservoir Draw-Off Tower, Aurs Road

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Renfrewshire
Constituency
East Renfrewshire MP: Blair McDougall (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 November 2008
Type
Reservoir draw-off tower
OS grid reference
NS 517 569
Coordinates
55.78345, -4.36526
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Balgray Reservoir Draw-Off Tower, designed by engineer William Gale around 1853-1854, is an octagonal-plan tower that gently tapers and features a crenellated parapet. It has a doorway, windows, and a balcony located at the upper level, all made of sandstone ashlar. The tower includes a handrail from 1899 on a cantilevered stone balcony, a string course, and a corbelled parapet. The openings are chamfered and have hoodmoulds, with stone mullioned bipartite windows on three elevations, along with various openings below water level. Inside, the tower houses the operating machinery for three sluices. Additionally, there is a trussed footbridge from 1945 and an entrance gate from 1920.

Local climate

Balgray Reservoir Draw-Off Tower, Aurs Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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