Glebe Sugar Refinery, Ker Street, Greenock is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1991. Industrial. 1 related planning application.

Glebe Sugar Refinery, Ker Street, Greenock

WRENN ID
knotted-jamb-bramble
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1991
Type
Industrial
Address
Glebe Sugar Refinery, Ker Street, Greenock, PA15 1LN
OS grid reference
NS 276 767
Coordinates
55.95298, -4.76266
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Glebe Sugar Refinery is an early 20th-century building, likely constructed between 1919 and 1920. It is a free-standing, five-storey block made of red brick, featuring contrasting yellow brick dressings. The ground floor is plain and includes large openings for vehicles. Above, pilaster strips divide the bays, and there are round-headed openings throughout, most of which still have their original glazing. The northeast corner has a curved bay, and the building is topped with a double-layered dentil cornice and a flat roof.

Local climate

Glebe Sugar Refinery, Ker 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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