Lamorna, South Street, Houston is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. Cottages. 1 related planning application.

Lamorna, South Street, Houston

WRENN ID
ruined-chancel-dale
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
Cottages
Address
Lamorna, South Street, Houston, PA6 7ET
OS grid reference
NS 404 668
Coordinates
55.86864, -4.55168
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Lamorna is a pair of attached cottages located on South Street in Houston. These single-storey cottages feature steep chimney gablets. The cottage named "Lamorna" likely dates from around 1800 and has been painted, while the other cottage, known as Kilmory, was constructed in the late 19th century and has a harled exterior.

Local climate

Lamorna, South Street, Houston sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 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 0.3°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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