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Houston (/ ˈ h uː s t ən / HOO-stən; Scots: Houstoun), is a village in the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger historic county of the same name in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.
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This is a list of listed buildings in Renfrewshire. The list is split out by parish. List of listed buildings in Erskine, Renfrewshire; List of listed buildings in Houston, Renfrewshire; List of listed buildings in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire; List of listed buildings in Johnstone, Renfrewshire; List of listed buildings in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire
Houston House is an 18th-century mansion, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north and east of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland, north of the village of Houston. It incorporates remains of a 16th century castle. [1] Arms of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox
Houston and Killellan Kirk; the modern, unified parish church. Houston and Killellan is a civil parish in the county and council area of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It contains the villages of Houston and Crosslee, as well as a number of smaller settlements including Barochan and Killellan in its rural hinterland.
The National Filling Factory, Georgetown, was a First World War munitions factory situated near Houston in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is believed that the Ministry of Munitions owned up to 12 filling factories; Georgetown was known as NFF.4. [1]
The Craigends Yew (NS4199566134) is an ancient European layering yew (Taxus baccata) growing next to the River Gryffe in what were the grounds of the Craigends Estate, Houston in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Estimates put its age at around 500 to 700 years old and it is one of the largest and oldest examples of a heritage layering yew in Scotland.
Sir John Houstoun of that Ilk, 2nd Baronet (or Houston; died December 1717) was a shire commissioner of the Parliament of Scotland for Renfrewshire from 1685 to 1686 and 1702 to 1707 and for Stirlingshire in 1689 then from 1689 to 1702. [1] [a] He was the son of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 1st Baronet of that Ilk, whom he succeeded to the baronetcy ...