'Wallace's House', 243 Main Road, Elderslie, Paisley is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 June 1971. Monument.

'Wallace's House', 243 Main Road, Elderslie, Paisley

WRENN ID
final-fireplace-umber
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 June 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 442 630
Coordinates
55.83543, -4.48899
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Wallace's House, located at 243 Main Road in Elderslie, Paisley, is a memorial dedicated to the patriot William Wallace. This structure, built in 1912, features a Gothic design and is made of granite. It has a tall shaft topped with a crowned cap, standing on a hexagonal pedestal. The architects responsible for this memorial are J.C.T. Murray and J.A. Minty from London.

Local climate

'Wallace's House', 243 Main Road, Elderslie, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% 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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