Gateway And Lodge, Formakin House is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. Gateway and lodge. 1 related planning application.

Gateway And Lodge, Formakin House

WRENN ID
waiting-storey-jackdaw
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP: Alison Taylor (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
Gateway and lodge
Address
Gateway And Lodge, Formakin House, PA7 5NX
OS grid reference
NS 409 709
Coordinates
55.90574, -4.54511
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gateway and lodge at Formakin House, dating from around 1914, features an arched entrance with two attached single-storey lodges. Each lodge has an ogee-shaped slated roof and includes a corner towerlet. The structure is built from rubble and was designed by the architect Sir Robert S. Lorimer.

Local climate

Gateway And Lodge, Formakin House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 90% 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 0.3°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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