Albany Chambers, 532 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.

Albany Chambers, 532 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
deep-loft-raven
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Commercial building
Address
Albany Chambers, 532 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3LX
OS grid reference
NS 580 660
Coordinates
55.86636, -4.27006
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Albany Chambers is a four-storey and attic classical commercial building located at 532 Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, designed by Sir J J Burnet (Burnet, Son and Campbell) between 1896 and 1897. The building features six bays and exhibits a style that combines classical elements with French Renaissance influences, similar to Charing Cross Mansions.

The exterior is finished in polished ashlar, with a channelled appearance at the ground level where it remains unaltered. The entrance to the upper floors is accentuated by an open, broken pediment. The three eastern bays are symmetrical, showcasing a recessed, canted window at the first floor's central window, which is framed by an aedicule. A balcony connects three canted windows on the second floor, with the outer windows extending to the third storey. These bays are separated by a giant order of fluted Ionic pilasters, and the building features an eaves cornice.

The roof includes three dormers, each topped with shaped pediments. The western side has three bays, with a narrow bay on the west and two three-storey canted bays on the east, which feature an aedicule gable above. Additionally, there is aedicule detailing above the central lights on the second floor and two two-light windows in the attic.

Local climate

Albany Chambers, 532 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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