North Lodge, Ardgowan House is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 September 1979. Gatepiers and gates.

North Lodge, Ardgowan House

WRENN ID
little-soffit-torch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 September 1979
Type
Gatepiers and gates
OS grid reference
NS 206 736
Coordinates
55.92274, -4.87144
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

North Lodge at Ardgowan House is a single-storey building designed in the Renaissance style, likely dating from around 1800. It features a central pediment and is constructed of roughcast with stone dressings. The date 1797 is inscribed in the pediment.

Local climate

North Lodge, Ardgowan House 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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