Balgray House, Fingalton Road, Newton Mearns is a Grade B listed building in the East Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. House. 4 related planning applications.

Balgray House, Fingalton Road, Newton Mearns

WRENN ID
tall-grate-thyme
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Renfrewshire
Constituency
East Renfrewshire MP: Blair McDougall (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
House
Address
Balgray House, Fingalton Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6PG
OS grid reference
NS 512 565
Coordinates
55.77938, -4.3727
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Balgray House, located on Fingalton Road in Newton Mearns, is a late 18th century stone-built house featuring two storeys and a late attic addition. The front of the house has seven windows, with the central three projecting and topped with a pediment. The design is astylar, and there are quoins on the corners. The central doorway is framed by a segmental pediment. Inside, there is a notable staircase with excellent balusters, showcasing a good contemporary interior. At the rear, there is a harled extension.

Local climate

Balgray House, Fingalton Road, Newton Mearns 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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