Lamp Standards, George Square, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 September 1989. Lamp standard.

Lamp Standards, George Square, Glasgow

WRENN ID
crooked-eave-plum
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 September 1989
Type
Lamp standard
OS grid reference
NS 592 653
Coordinates
55.86113, -4.25004
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The lamp standards in George Square, Glasgow, were likely designed by Macfarlane around 1880. There are eight decorative cast-iron lamp standards, each featuring Glasgow's crest and embossed acanthus leaves. The lights above have been converted for electricity and each standard has three arms. The eight standards are arranged in a symmetrical pattern.

Local climate

Lamp Standards, George Square, 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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