Gatepiers, South Drive, Overtoun Hospital is a Grade C listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 January 1984. Gatepiers.

Gatepiers, South Drive, Overtoun Hospital

WRENN ID
blind-tower-honey
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Constituency
West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 January 1984
Type
Gatepiers
OS grid reference
NS 425 756
Coordinates
55.94763, -4.52311
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The gatepiers at South Drive, Overtoun Hospital, were likely designed by architect James Smith around 1863. They are two square gatepiers with chamfered edges and bracketted, pyramidal caps topped with ball finials. The gatepiers are made of polished ashlar stone.

Local climate

Gatepiers, South Drive, Overtoun Hospital 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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