Central Cottage, Station Cottages, Wemyss Bay is a Grade C listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. 1 related planning application.

Central Cottage, Station Cottages, Wemyss Bay

WRENN ID
vacant-hinge-alder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Address
Central Cottage, Station Cottages, Wemyss Bay, PA18 6AR
OS grid reference
NS 193 685
Coordinates
55.8765, -4.88865
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Sw Cottage, part of the Station Cottages in Wemyss Bay, was built around 1903-1904, possibly designed by architect James Miller. This two-storey building features mock half-timbering and harling, with red tiled roofs.

Local climate

Central Cottage, Station Cottages, Wemyss Bay sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,690 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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