Fort Matilda Station, Newark Street, Greenock is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 March 1982. Railway station. 7 related planning applications.

Fort Matilda Station, Newark Street, Greenock

WRENN ID
pale-marble-barley
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 March 1982
Type
Railway station
Address
Fort Matilda Station, Newark Street, Greenock, PA16 7TR
OS grid reference
NS 256 775
Coordinates
55.95902, -4.7952
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Fort Matilda Station, located on Newark Street in Greenock, was built in 1889 by James Miller for the Caledonian Railway, showcasing the Arts and Crafts style. This single-storey, symmetrical building features seven bays, with gabled bays that are slightly advanced and have applied timber-framing in their heads. The outer bays contain bipartite windows, while the remaining bays have four-light windows. A wide open porch sits under the central gable. The platform includes glazed end screens beneath a canopy that is part of the main roof. The building is topped with a slate roof and has prominent brick stacks that feature blind arched panels and cornices, reminiscent of the work of Norman Shaw.

Local climate

Fort Matilda Station, Newark 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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