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Custom House Greenock Building
Georgian Building for Riverside Inverclyde in Scotland: Architecture Conservation
7 Jul 2017
Custom House Greenock Building Refurbishment
Original Design: architect William Burns
Location: Greenock, Western Scotland
The Custom House, Greenock’s Jewel in the Crown, opens its doors to global business
A Georgian architectural masterpiece in one of the most dramatic locations in Scotland has been restored to its former glory. The building was originally designed by celebrated Scottish architect William Burns.
Photos © mcateer photograph
The hunt is now on for a suitably impressive new occupant for the building. Riverside Inverclyde, the organisation behind the economic regeneration of Inverclyde, has just unveiled the beautifully and sympathetically renovated Custom House in Greenockand plans to attract a further national or global player to be its headline tenant.
The imposing building, which looks out across the Firth of Clyde to the Argyllshire hills, will be 200 years old next year. It has seen the tides of history wash past the eponymous quayside which it dominates.

The classically-proportioned building, designed by architect William Burns, was home to the vigilant assize men who policed Scotland’s burgeoning trade with the world. It witnessed the rise and fall of the tobacco, sugar and shipbuilding industries in the town.

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