Greystones, Houston Road, Kilmacolm is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. House. 2 related planning applications.

Greystones, Houston Road, Kilmacolm

WRENN ID
hidden-oriel-ivy
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
House
Address
Greystones, Houston Road, Kilmacolm, PA13 4NY
OS grid reference
NS 364 690
Coordinates
55.88686, -4.61694
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Greystones is a two-storey building with an attic, constructed in 1913 and designed by architect J. Austen Laird. The exterior is made of whin rubble, and it features a pan-tiled roof.

Local climate

Greystones, Houston Road, Kilmacolm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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