Gourock Ropeworks, Port Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 October 1988. Industrial building. 3 related planning applications.

Gourock Ropeworks, Port Glasgow

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 October 1988
Type
Industrial building
Address
Gourock Ropeworks, Port Glasgow, PA14 5EN
OS grid reference
NS 325 744
Coordinates
55.93354, -4.6818
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Gourock Ropeworks, built in the 1860s, originally served as a sugar refinery before becoming a ropeworks. This tall L-shaped building is located on a corner site and features red brick with contrasting yellow dressings. It has a regular arrangement of bays and stands eight storeys high, including mainly blind circular openings in the basement and a shallow attic storey. The other openings are shallow-arched, and the large windows have 12-pane glazing. The building has moulded eaves and low piended slated roofs. Inside, the construction is fireproof, with cast-iron beams and columns, as well as brick arches.

Local climate

Gourock Ropeworks, Port Glasgow 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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