Cochrane Tower, Red House, Johnstone is a Grade C listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 June 1980. Keep.

Cochrane Tower, Red House, Johnstone

WRENN ID
carved-keystone-clover
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP: Johanna Baxter (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 June 1980
Type
Keep
OS grid reference
NS 418 615
Coordinates
55.82133, -4.52612
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Cochrane Tower is a miniature keep made of snecked rubble, located at or near the site of Cochrane Castle. It was built in 1896 and incorporates an armorial panel that dates back to 1592. The tower is currently overgrown with ivy.

Local climate

Cochrane Tower, Red House, Johnstone sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 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 0.2°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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