General, Dunn Square, Paisley is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 March 1985. Square. 1 related planning application.

General, Dunn Square, Paisley

WRENN ID
narrow-portal-thunder
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 March 1985
Type
Square
OS grid reference
NS 483 639
Coordinates
55.84511, -4.42303
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, designed by architect James Donald in 1894, features ornamental balustrades and piers made of ashlar on the north side of Dunn Square in Paisley. There is a stepped balustrade on the east side and additional piers on the south side.

Local climate

General, Dunn Square, Paisley sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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 0.2°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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