Head Post Office, 80-92 Cathcart Street, Greenock is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 May 1994. Former post office building. 5 related planning applications.
Head Post Office, 80-92 Cathcart Street, Greenock
- WRENN ID
- steep-chimney-scarlet
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Inverclyde
- Constituency
- Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1994
- Type
- Former post office building
- OS grid reference
- NS 281 760
- Coordinates
- 55.94695, -4.75361
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Head Post Office, located at 80-92 Cathcart Street in Greenock, was designed by W W Robertson for the Office of Works and built between 1898 and 1899. This monumental corner building features rich ornamentation and a mix of Renaissance architectural details. The symmetrical front has three storeys with an attic, highlighted by paired Ionic square-columned porticos, although one entrance is now blocked. The ground floor has large round-arched windows, while the facade above is decorated with single and two-light windows, with round arches on the second floor, most of which retain their original glazing. The building is constructed from light-coloured ashlar that has been cleaned, and it features large pavilion roofs that are slated, platformed, and topped with iron-cresting. The parapet is adorned with urns. The west flank facing Cross Shore Street has a single bay, but the structure extends to the rear (north) with an additional seven bays designed in a much plainer style.
Local climate
Head Post Office, 80-92 Cathcart 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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