Forehouse, Locher Road, Kilbarchan is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

Forehouse, Locher Road, Kilbarchan

WRENN ID
dark-remnant-fog
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
House
Address
Forehouse, Locher Road, Kilbarchan, PA10 2PP
OS grid reference
NS 398 635
Coordinates
55.83886, -4.55931
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Forehouse on Locher Road in Kilbarchan is a Georgian building dating from around 1775. It is two storeys high with one-storey wings, featuring a symmetrical design and a central pediment. The entrance includes a doorpiece topped with a pediment, and the exterior is limewashed.

Local climate

Forehouse, Locher Road, Kilbarchan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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