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

Fox And Hounds Inn, South Street, Houston

WRENN ID
silver-pillar-marsh
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
Inn
Address
Fox And Hounds Inn, South Street, Houston, PA6 7EN
OS grid reference
NS 405 669
Coordinates
55.86905, -4.55035
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Fox and Hounds Inn on South Street in Houston is made up of three two-storey houses that are lime-washed with stone dressings. It is believed to have been built around 1800 to 1820.

Local climate

Fox And Hounds Inn, 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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