Custom House, Custom House Place, Greenock is a Grade A listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 May 1971. Public building. 4 related planning applications.

Custom House, Custom House Place, Greenock

WRENN ID
gilded-brass-woodpecker
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 May 1971
Type
Public building
Address
Custom House, Custom House Place, Greenock, PA15 1EG
OS grid reference
NS 283 762
Coordinates
55.9481, -4.75108
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Custom House in Greenock is a two-storey building constructed from ashlar stone in a classic style. It features a 13-window façade and has tetrastyle porticos in the Greek Doric order on the north and east sides. A large, simple central staircase leads into the building. Inside, there is a 'Long Room' that is adorned with Ionic screens. The building was designed by architect William Burn in 1818, with Kenneth Mathieson serving as the contractor.

Local climate

Custom House, Custom House Place, 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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