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The first municipal building on the site was an 18th-century town house which was built on land acquired from Lord Cathcart. [2] The works were carried out by a local builder, James Wallace, for £240 and the building was completed in 1765. [3] Lord Cathcart insisted that the local masonic lodge should be allowed to hold meetings in the ...
This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the Inverclyde council area in west-central Scotland.. In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest". [1]
Inverclyde was created as a district in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Inverclyde was one of nineteen districts created within the region of Strathclyde.
Inverclyde Council is one of the 32 local authorities of Scotland, covering the Inverclyde council area. In its current form the council was created in 1996, replacing the previous Inverclyde District Council which existed from 1975 to 1996. The council has been under no overall control since 2007, being led by a Labour minority administration.
A separate Barony of Cartsburn was created, the first baron being Thomas Craufurd. In 1668 the City of Glasgow got the lease of 13 acres (5 hectares) of land upriver close to Newark Castle, and construction promptly started on Newport Glasgow harbour which by 1710 had the principal Clyde custom house. [16] [15]
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) This is a list of towns and villages in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. Bogston Gourock Greenock Inverkip Kilmacolm Kip Port Glasgow Quarrier's Village Wemyss Bay Woodhall See also List of places in Scotland
There is a range of collections and exhibitions in the museum. Until 1914 the McLean Museum received continuing donation from the Egypt Exploration Society, which provided the museum with many items for its Egyptology collection, including a Mummy Cartonnage from Herakleopolis Magna and the temple stone from the Great Temple of Bast at Bubastis.
Greenock Central station is one of eight railway stations serving the town of Greenock in western Scotland, and is the nearest to the town centre.This station, which is staffed, is on the Inverclyde Line, 37 km (23 mi) west of Glasgow Central towards Gourock.