Scott's Dry Dock With Outer Basin is a Grade A listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 July 2005. Dry dock.
Scott's Dry Dock With Outer Basin
- WRENN ID
- bitter-roof-barley
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Inverclyde
- Constituency
- Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2005
- Type
- Dry dock
- OS grid reference
- NS 287 757
- Coordinates
- 55.94448, -4.74429
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Scott's Dry Dock with Outer Basin is an early 19th-century structure that was extended to the south during the second half of the 19th century. The dry dock is oblong, measuring approximately 110 meters long and 20 meters wide, featuring a semi-octagonal southern end and stepped sides. It has later steel gates and an outer basin to the north, constructed from sandstone ashlar. There are two steeply sloped ramps on each side of the dock, and iron rings are positioned at regular intervals along the cobbled quayside. The site also contains remains of cast-iron operating machinery, including a capstan marked with a maker's plate from Stothert & Pitt of Bath. The rectangular outer basin, which has been partly filled in on the eastern side, has an entrance to the Clyde that measures roughly 20 meters.
Local climate
Scott's Dry Dock With Outer Basin 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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