Bowling, Bowling Harbour, Forth And Clyde Canal, Lock Keeper's Bothy is a Grade C listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 June 2014. Bothy. 2 related planning applications.

Bowling, Bowling Harbour, Forth And Clyde Canal, Lock Keeper's Bothy

WRENN ID
empty-iron-fen
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Constituency
West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
19 June 2014
Type
Bothy
OS grid reference
NS 449 735
Coordinates
55.92988, -4.48289
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Lock Keeper's Bothy at Bowling Harbour, located at the entrance to the Forth and Clyde Canal, is likely from the late 19th century. It has a square plan and is constructed of brick, topped with a piended slate roof and a stack on the east side. A later timber entrance porch has been added to the south. The bothy features rectangular window openings on the east and west sides, with a 4-pane timber glazing pattern on the east.

During an inspection in 2013, the interior was noted to consist of a single space that includes some remnants of a stone fire surround.

Local climate

Bowling, Bowling Harbour, Forth And Clyde Canal, Lock Keeper's Bothy 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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