'Argyll Stone' & 'st Conval's Chariot, Renfrew is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. Enclosure.
'Argyll Stone' & 'st Conval's Chariot, Renfrew
- WRENN ID
- turning-brick-ochre
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP: Alison Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1971
- Type
- Enclosure
- OS grid reference
- NS 494 678
- Coordinates
- 55.88003, -4.40787
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
'Argyll Stone' and 'St Conval's Chariot' is an enclosure made of iron railings that surrounds two boulders. These boulders are linked to the 7th century figure St Conval and the capture of the Earl of Argyll, who was beheaded in 1685.
Local climate
'Argyll Stone' & 'st Conval's Chariot, Renfrew 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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