12 Newark Street, Greenock is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 September 1979. Villa. 3 related planning applications.

12 Newark Street, Greenock

WRENN ID
knotted-remnant-holly
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 September 1979
Type
Villa
Address
12 Newark Street, Greenock, PA16 7UH
OS grid reference
NS 267 773
Coordinates
55.95749, -4.77682
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a 2-storey ashlar Italian villa, likely built around 1860. It features broad eaved roofs with a very low pitch and includes a low 2-storey tower.

Local climate

12 Newark Street, 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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