Conservatory, 8 Dixon Drive, Dumbarton is a Grade C listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 January 1984.

Conservatory, 8 Dixon Drive, Dumbarton

WRENN ID
fallen-bracket-ivory
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Constituency
West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 January 1984
OS grid reference
NS 390 749
Coordinates
55.94087, -4.57911
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

6 Dixon Drive in Dumbarton is a villa built around 1870-1880, likely designed by architect John MacLeod. This two-storey, three-bay structure features a low wing extending to the north and a conservatory attached to the west wall. The exterior is made of coursed, stugged ashlar with polished dressings.

On the south elevation, there is a central round-headed door with a fanlight and a simple door piece, with a single window above on the first floor. The left bay has a two-storey, semi-circular five-light window that is slightly taller, while the right bay contains bipartite windows that project at the ground floor. A decorative band course runs above the ground floor, and all windows are set in chamfered reveals. The building has end stacks, a piended slate roof with projecting eaves, and cast-iron cresting.

The conservatory features a pedimented two-leaf door on the south elevation and a semi-octagonal west end. Its roof is raised at the apex with ventilator windows and has cast-iron cresting above.

Additionally, there are three square polished ashlar gatepiers, each set on a battered plinth with engaged columns at the angles and shaped tops, along with decorative cast-iron gates.

Local climate

Conservatory, 8 Dixon Drive, Dumbarton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 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 0.3°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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