Custom House Quay, Greenock is a Grade C listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 November 1989. Offices. 2 related planning applications.
Custom House Quay, Greenock
- WRENN ID
- strange-pinnacle-clover
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Inverclyde
- Constituency
- Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1989
- Type
- Offices
- Address
- Custom House Quay, Greenock, PA15 1EG
- OS grid reference
- NS 284 761
- Coordinates
- 55.94792, -4.74951
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Custom House Quay in Greenock is a building likely constructed around 1870. It features a two-storey rectangular plan that originally housed waiting and refreshment rooms, which have since been converted into offices. The northeast elevation facing the river showcases boldly corbelled oriel windows on the first floor, a central wide segmental archway below, and two round-arched doorways. The building is made of ashlar stone, with a bull-faced finish at the ground level. The north corner is chamfered and corbelled to a square shape above the ground. The northwest flank has segmental-arched bipartite windows across three bays, along with a modern porch. Decorative strings run between the floors, and there is a cornice along the top. The roof is a combination of piended and platform styles, covered with slate and lead, and features corniced stacks.
Local climate
Custom House Quay, Greenock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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