73 Waterloo Street, Glasgow is a Grade C listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 July 1988. Office. 5 related planning applications.

73 Waterloo Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
watchful-flagstone-ebony
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 July 1988
Type
Office
OS grid reference
NS 584 653
Coordinates
55.8604, -4.26315
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

73 Waterloo Street in Glasgow is a modern classical office building designed by McInnes Gardner between 1927 and 1930. It stands five stories tall and features a layout of 10 by 12 bays. The building is constructed of ashlar stone, with the ground level channelled along Blythswood Street and finished with polished granite on the ground floor facing Waterloo Street.

The façade includes a wide central door flanked by four wide windows. The first floor has doors and is detailed with architraved and corniced elements, while the second and third floors are plainer. The eaves create a gallery effect with five by six windows separated by fluted panels. A deep modillion cornice and a blocking course complete the top of the building. However, the modern glazing is considered out of keeping with the overall design.

On the elevation facing Blythswood Street, there are two wide, shallow arched windows at the ground floor level.

Local climate

73 Waterloo 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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