Seedhill Gatehouse, Anchor Mills, Paisley is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 August 1990. Gatehouse. 3 related planning applications.

Seedhill Gatehouse, Anchor Mills, Paisley

WRENN ID
cold-span-thistle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 August 1990
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Seedhill Gatehouse, Anchor Mills, Paisley, PA1 1JR
OS grid reference
NS 487 636
Coordinates
55.84232, -4.41761
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Seedhill Gatehouse, located at Anchor Mills in Paisley, was built in 1909 as the west gatehouse for the mill. This two-storey rectangular building features red brick with ashlar dressings and has a layout of three by four bays. It forms a gushet and is flanked by cast-iron gate piers, with gates that display Anchor escutcheons and railings. The ground floor windows are corniced, while the first-floor windows are arched with keystones and have a continuous hood mould. A pedimented clock is situated over the wallhead on the narrow main entrance elevation. The building also includes a cornice at the first floor and a main cornice, along with a broken pedimented panel at the frieze level on the courtyard elevation.

Local climate

Seedhill Gatehouse, Anchor Mills, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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