Pavilion, Balgay Park, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 June 1989. Pavilion.

Pavilion, Balgay Park, Dundee

WRENN ID
swift-banister-thunder
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 June 1989
Type
Pavilion
OS grid reference
NO 376 306
Coordinates
56.46385, -3.01371
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Pavilion in Balgay Park, Dundee, is a brick-built structure dating from 1877, designed to serve as a public convenience. The front elevation features 12 slim cast-iron columns resting on stone bases, adorned with ornate spandrels. A central canted section projects forward and is accessed by steps. The rear wall and ceiling are timber boarded. The side and rear elevations are constructed of red brick, accented with yellow brick bands, pilaster strips, and a dentil cornice. The windows have ashlar triple lights. The building is topped with piended slate roofs and includes a central timber bellcote with a swept roof and lead finial.

Local climate

Pavilion, Balgay Park, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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