Tontine Hotel, 5, 6 Ardgowan Square, Greenock is a Grade A listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 May 1971. Hotel. 4 related planning applications.

Tontine Hotel, 5, 6 Ardgowan Square, Greenock

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
13 May 1971
Type
Hotel
Address
Tontine Hotel, 5, 6 Ardgowan Square, Greenock, PA16 8NG
OS grid reference
NS 272 767
Coordinates
55.95264, -4.76792
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Tontine Hotel is a three-storey building with a basement and an attic, located at 5 and 6 Ardgowan Square in Greenock. It features a five-window frontage and a three-bay pediment, constructed from fine ashlar stone. The hotel has single-storey wings that are connected by curved quadrants, which were built in 1803. Around 1900, the porch was extended and glazed.

Local climate

Tontine Hotel, 5, 6 Ardgowan Square, 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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