Bouverie is an area of the town of

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Bouverie was developed in the late nineteenth century as part of Port Glasgow's eastward expansion. Originally consisting of ancillary shipbuilding-related businesses, and workers' housing, it now consists mainly of residential buildings and a handful of small service industries. Including Bouverie Motors, the owner of which bought much of the lands of the disused Gourock Ropeworks mill site. The land banks steeply upward towards the twentieth century housing areas of Whitecroft and Bridgend in upper Port Glasgow, and has impressive views over the

River Clyde The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...

. Bouverie is situated behind the site of the former Gourock Ropeworks mill, which is now loft apartments, with a retail establishment on the grounds. The street was bombed during the second world war, but contrary to popular local belief, historic maps show that Bouverie never had tenements running the full length of both sides of the street. The Bouverie Street tenements were demolished in 2014. File:Bouverie Street - geograph.org.uk - 351604.jpg, Bouverie from Ardmore Road File:Bouverie tenements u from Clune Brae.jpg, Bouverie looks out over Bay Street; with the spire of Port Glasgow town buildings to the right File:Bouverie Street - geograph.org.uk - 463638.jpg, Steps and handrail for pedestrians at the steepest part of the hill File:Bouverie tenements a west gable.jpg, The west gable end File:Bouverie Demolition.jpg, Demolition in 2014

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{{Reflist Neighbourhoods of Inverclyde Port Glasgow