Union Inn, Port Downie, Tamfourhill, Falkirk is a Grade B listed building in the Falkirk local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 March 1960. Public house.

Union Inn, Port Downie, Tamfourhill, Falkirk

WRENN ID
watchful-clay-swift
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Falkirk
Constituency
Falkirk MP: Euan Stainbank (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 March 1960
Type
Public house
OS grid reference
NS 867 799
Coordinates
55.99948, -3.81734
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Union Inn, located in Port Downie, Tamfourhill, Falkirk, dates from around 1822 and has undergone later alterations. This tall, three-storey, three-bay public house is designed in a Classical style and features a rounded stair tower with paired outshoots at the rear. It is prominently situated beside the Forth and Clyde Canal. The principal façade facing east is made of painted ashlar and has a rusticated base course and quoins. The gabled and rear sections are constructed of rubble, with the northern side painted. The front features an ashlar finish with a rusticated ground floor and quoin ends. There is also a later 20th-century toilet block and conservatory added to the south gable.

Inside, as observed in 2013, the bar area is timber panelled and has an L-plan layout with a corniced back bar. Decorative cast iron columns support the space. A rear stair leads to the first floor, which has plain interiors and some six-panel doors on the upper floors. The top floor has separate access via an internal stair at the rear.

Local climate

Union Inn, Port Downie, Tamfourhill, Falkirk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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