The Greenock Club, 31 Ardgowan Square, Greenock is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 May 1971. School. 2 related planning applications.

The Greenock Club, 31 Ardgowan Square, Greenock

WRENN ID
grim-chancel-russet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 May 1971
Type
School
Address
The Greenock Club, 31 Ardgowan Square, Greenock, PA16 8NJ
OS grid reference
NS 273 766
Coordinates
55.95148, -4.76737
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Greenock Club, located at 31 Ardgowan Square in Greenock, is a two-storey, five-window Italianate building constructed in 1865 by architects James Bouches of Bouches & Cousland. The building features a tall first floor and is made of ashlar stone. Notable architectural details include vermiculated quoins and ground floor window surrounds, as well as a square column porch that has half vermiculation. There is also a single-storey side wing with a bay window.

Local climate

The Greenock Club, 31 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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