Canal House Basin, Bowling Basin, Forth And Clyde Canal is a Grade B listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 April 1991. Canal basin, lock.

Canal House Basin, Bowling Basin, Forth And Clyde Canal

WRENN ID
pitched-tracery-crag
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Constituency
West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 April 1991
Type
Canal basin, lock
OS grid reference
NS 450 735
Coordinates
55.92977, -4.48202
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Canal House Basin, located at Bowling Basin on the Forth and Clyde Canal, was opened in 1790 by the Forth and Clyde Canal Company and modified around 1820. The basin has an irregular shape with masonry walls topped with heavy coping. On the west side, there is a lock from around 1820 that leads down to Bowling Harbour, which has recently been regated. In the southwest corner, there is a chamber of the original lock that connects to the River Clyde, although this connection is now blocked off at the sea end.

Local climate

Canal House Basin, Bowling Basin, Forth And Clyde Canal 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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