40 Union Street, Greenock is a Grade C listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 September 1979. House.

40 Union Street, Greenock

WRENN ID
south-vault-crimson
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 September 1979
Type
House
Address
40 Union Street, Greenock, PA16 8DJ
OS grid reference
NS 271 768
Coordinates
55.9538, -4.77007
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

40 Union Street in Greenock is a two-storey building with a basement, similar in design to the adjacent properties at 34 and 36 Union Street, but it has been painted. It dates from the early 19th century.

Local climate

40 Union Street, Greenock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 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 0.2°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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