Garnethill Convent Secondary R C School, 45 Scott Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 July 1988. Educational.

Garnethill Convent Secondary R C School, 45 Scott Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
outer-keystone-tarn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 July 1988
Type
Educational
OS grid reference
NS 584 661
Coordinates
55.86748, -4.2642
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Garnethill Convent Secondary Roman Catholic School, located at 45 Scott Street in Glasgow, was designed by James Sellars of Campbell Douglas and Sellars in 1882. This classical building features two storeys, an attic, and a basement, rising to three storeys and an attic on the Buccleuch Street elevation. Originally a droved ashlar mansion, it has since been converted into a Sick Children's Hospital and is now a nursery school.

The Scott Street elevation consists of six bays, with the entrance bay protruding forward. It features a pedimented, architraved doorway and a round-headed stair light adorned with a carved frieze and panels above that represent charity, supported by cherubs. Above this, there is a three-light stone-mullioned window and a short balustrade with rectangular piers. To the right of the entrance, there are eight symmetrical sash windows—two on each floor—complete with cill bands and pedimented dormer heads. A wallhead stack is present. To the left of the entrance, there are six symmetrical sash windows, three on the first and second floors, along with stone-mullioned attic lights and a central pediment; two wallhead stacks are also visible.

On the Buccleuch Street elevation, there are three full bays accompanied by two narrow side bays and a low bay that is a later addition. This elevation features twelve symmetrical sash windows, six on each floor, with cill bands and pedimented dormer heads on the main block. There are also two bays of single-light sashes, two-light stone-mullioned attic windows, and a bay window on the ground floor. The side entrance is lintelled and corniced, and the second-floor cornice and dormer break the wallhead. The roof is piended slate with an end stack.

Inside, the lower parts of the windows in each ward are filled with painted glass, with central designs illustrating nursery tales. The principal staircase windows feature stained glass depicting Christ blessing the little children, created by Shrigley and Hunt from Lancaster and London.

Local climate

Garnethill Convent Secondary R C School, 45 Scott 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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