5, 7 Seaview Place, Bo'Ness is a Grade C listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 March 2004. 1 related planning application.
5, 7 Seaview Place, Bo'Ness
- WRENN ID
- outer-basalt-ridge
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Falkirk
- Constituency
- Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 March 2004
- Address
- 5, 7 Seaview Place, Bo'Ness, EH51 0AJ
- OS grid reference
- NS 997 816
- Coordinates
- 56.01686, -3.60975
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
11 Seaview Place in Bo'Ness is a block of flats built between 1936 and 1937 by Matthew Steele and John Taylor, with alterations made by John Taylor in 1938. This 2- and 3-storey building features 14 bays arranged in a 3-8-3 grouping, showcasing elements of the Modern Movement with Art Deco influences. The exterior is made of buff concrete blockwork, accented by contrasting green banding beneath the ground floor cills and at the eaves.
The northwest, or principal elevation, is symmetrical, featuring 3-storey, 3-bay piended pavilions at the outer bays. Each pavilion has a door below three projecting horizontal strips that lead to a full-height vertical stair window, although the left window is partially blocked. The outer bays have regular fenestration, while the lower central bays are also regularly-fenestrated, except for the three left bays at ground level which include an in-canted centre door for a shop, and bay 9 which has a single door at ground level with a small vertical window above.
On the northeast elevation, known as Providence Brae, there is a bowed bay to the right with a blocked opening at ground level, similar in detailing to the principal elevation, and two openings to the left at ground level, each with a single window on the floors above.
The southwest elevation is blank and features a low flat-roofed building adjoining at ground level. The southeast, or rear elevation, has been altered and includes a variety of elements such as gabled outshots.
The building has uPVC windows, although the horizontal glazing pattern is retained at the stair window. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are concrete block stacks with some cans.
Inside, No. 5-7 Corvi's Restaurant contains a traditional fish and chip range and a small fireplace.
Local climate
5, 7 Seaview Place, Bo'Ness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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