George Square Baptist Church, Argyle Street, Greenock is a Grade C listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 September 1979. Church. 1 related planning application.

George Square Baptist Church, Argyle Street, Greenock

WRENN ID
calm-granite-larch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 September 1979
Type
Church
Address
George Square Baptist Church, Argyle Street, Greenock, PA15 1QP
OS grid reference
NS 275 764
Coordinates
55.95044, -4.76347
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

George Square Baptist Church, located on Argyle Street in Greenock, is a building designed in a simple Renaissance style. Constructed in 1888 by architect James Sellars, it features squared rubble walls and Ionic pilasters at the doorway, which is topped with a broken pediment.

Local climate

George Square Baptist Church, Argyle 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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