Public Library, Main Street, Renton is a Grade C listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1996. Public library.
Public Library, Main Street, Renton
- WRENN ID
- idle-obsidian-acorn
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- West Dunbartonshire
- Constituency
- West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1996
- Type
- Public library
- OS grid reference
- NS 387 779
- Coordinates
- 55.96752, -4.58439
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The public library on Main Street in Renton was built in 1887. It is a two-storey building with a rectangular plan and three bays, constructed from red sandstone ashlar. The design features a deep base course, a string course, advanced eaves, and a blocking course.
On the main elevation, there is a segmental-headed door at the center, which is a four-panelled door with a fanlight above and a narrow window above that. To the left, there is a full-height square bay that projects outward, containing tripartite windows. The outer right bay has bipartite windows. A band course divides the floors and is inscribed with "Victoria Institute 1887."
The north and south elevations are made of red sandstone rubble and consist of five bays. There are three closely grouped windows in the outer left and right bays, with ashlar cills.
The windows are plate glass timber sash and case, and the roof is a grey slate piended design.
The interior was not seen in 1995.
The boundary wall features a low ashlar plinth wall with plain cast-iron railings and slender cast-iron gate posts.
Local climate
Public Library, Main Street, Renton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- 18 Main Street, Renton
- 20, 22 Main Street, Renton
- Church Of Scotland Trinity Church, Alexander Street, Renton
- Argyle Cottage, Main Street, Renton
- War Memorial, Main Street, Renton
- Smollet Monument, Main Street, Renton
- Central Bar, 127 Main Street, Renton
- Sullivan's Bar, Main Street, Renton
- North Gates And Gate Piers, Dalmoak House
- Strathleven House