Wemyss Bay Railway Station And Pier is a Grade A listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. Railway station. 11 related planning applications.

Wemyss Bay Railway Station And Pier

WRENN ID
drifting-floor-root
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
Railway station
Address
Wemyss Bay Railway Station And Pier, PA18 6AR
OS grid reference
NS 193 685
Coordinates
55.87608, -4.88941
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Wemyss Bay Railway Station and Pier was built between 1903 and 1904, designed by architect James Miller. The front buildings feature a rock-faced ashlar plinth, mock hall timber, and harling, topped with red tiled roofs. An Italianate clock tower is a prominent feature.

The concourse is two-thirds of a circle, with a circular booking office at its center. From the concourse, a curved ramp leads down to the steamboat pier, while curved railway platforms extend from it. All areas are covered with glazed steel-trussed roofs.

Local climate

Wemyss Bay Railway Station And Pier 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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