Formakin House is a Grade A listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 June 1971. House. 3 related planning applications.

Formakin House

WRENN ID
western-chapel-brook
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP: Alison Taylor (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 June 1971
Type
House
Address
Formakin House, PA7 5NX
OS grid reference
NS 409 709
Coordinates
55.90551, -4.54526
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Formakin House is a two-storey building with a basement and a low office wing. It is constructed from stone in a severe Scots architectural style and is roofed with stone slates. The building features crow-stepped gables and was designed by architect Sir Robert S. Lorimer, completed between 1912 and 1914.

Local climate

Formakin House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 90% 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 0.3°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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