Tidal Weir, Glasgow Green, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1993. Weir and pipe bridge.

Tidal Weir, Glasgow Green, Glasgow

WRENN ID
night-storey-quill
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 March 1993
Type
Weir and pipe bridge
OS grid reference
NS 595 643
Coordinates
55.85203, -4.24573
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Tidal Weir at Glasgow Green in Glasgow is a structure designed to control the water level upstream. The original weir was built in 1852, and the current structure consists of moving sluice gates and bridges that carry pipes, developed over two main building periods.

The first phase involved the construction of impressive classical red ashlar piers and abutments between 1896 and 1901, designed by A B MacDonald, the city engineer. This design was part of an arrangement that closely resembles the existing structure, with consultation from Sir Benjamin Baker.

The second phase features two parallel and identical bridges, each carrying a services pipe. These bridges are linked at the top and have decking. The steelwork for these bridges was supplied by Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., of Ipswich, as noted on an inscribed plate dated 1945, and the bridges were completed in 1949.

Local climate

Tidal Weir, Glasgow Green, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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