Braehead Cottages, 20 Cardross Road, Dumbarton is a Grade B listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 March 1971. 1 related planning application.
Braehead Cottages, 20 Cardross Road, Dumbarton
- WRENN ID
- fossil-gargoyle-sage
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- West Dunbartonshire
- Constituency
- West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1971
- Address
- Braehead Cottages, 20 Cardross Road, Dumbarton, G82 4JG
- OS grid reference
- NS 387 757
- Coordinates
- 55.94756, -4.58454
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Braehead Cottages, located at 22 Cardross Road in Dumbarton, were designed by architect Charles Ross of Greenlaw in the late 18th century. These are symmetrically planned single-storey farm cottages built in a Gothick style. Originally, there were three cottages arranged in a U-plan, but now there are two parallel cottages, with only the facade of the central cottage remaining.
The cottages are constructed from limewashed rubble and each features three bays with gables facing the road. Each cottage has a central ogival-headed doorway with columned jambs, flanked by pointed windows that have blocked label stops. Above the string course, there are two incised crosses beside a blocked quatrefoil in the gable head. The original gable crenellations have been removed from No. 22. The corners of the cottages are adorned with banded clustered columns, and the gables are topped with pinnacles. The roofs are slated. The former central cottage, which is now just a screen wall, also had three bays and was broader but similarly designed.
Local climate
Braehead Cottages, 20 Cardross Road, 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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