Including Boundary Wall, Lochwinnoch Community Library, 51 And 53 High Street, Lochwinnoch is a Grade C listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 March 2011. Library.

Including Boundary Wall, Lochwinnoch Community Library, 51 And 53 High Street, Lochwinnoch

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 March 2011
Type
Library
OS grid reference
NS 353 589
Coordinates
55.79595, -4.62782
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Lochwinnoch Community Library, located at 51 and 53 High Street, is a single-storey building originally constructed in 1857, with a later extension added to the rear. This former school features eight bays and has a recessed gabled entrance bay on the far left, while the right side has an advanced three-bay gable. The building is made of coursed, squared rubble with raised margins and has a late 20th-century single-storey rendered extension in the re-entrant angle to the north.

The principal elevation faces southeast and includes an off-center three-bay projecting gable to the right, which has a timber door at the re-entrance angle to the southwest and an apex stack. A central commemorative stone plaque is set in the gable. The recessed gabled entrance bay on the far left has a broken-bed pediment, a central window opening, and a non-traditional entrance door on the far right. The left side features a curved, half-height corner with moulded and corbelled detailing above.

The windows are predominantly timber sash and case, with configurations of four-over-six panes and two-over-three panes. The roof is covered with grey slates, and there are stepped stone skews and consoled skew putts. A tall, corniced wallhead stack is located to the southwest, with a ridge stack to the east.

Inside, as seen in 2010, the space is mostly open plan, with some simple cornicing in the entrance hall.

The boundary wall to the northeast is made of rubble and features saddle-back coping along with a square-plan pier topped with a pyramidal cap.

Local climate

Including Boundary Wall, Lochwinnoch Community Library, 51 And 53 High Street, Lochwinnoch 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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