Dennistoun Library, 2A Craigpark, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 June 1992. Library. 6 related planning applications.
Dennistoun Library, 2A Craigpark, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- winter-lime-blackthorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North East MP: Maureen Burke (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1992
- Type
- Library
- OS grid reference
- NS 610 651
- Coordinates
- 55.85904, -4.22143
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dennistoun Library, located at 2A Craigpark in Glasgow, was designed by J R Rhind and built between 1903 and 1905 as a public library. It features an Edwardian Baroque style and is two stories high with a nearly symmetrical front. The exterior is made of polished ashlar with sculptured details, and the ground floor has a channelled finish. Each corner of the building has pavilioned end bays topped with winged figures. The elaborate three-bay center includes round-arched windows on the first floor, with a Venetian-style center flanked by pilasters. A parapet conceals the roof.
The interior originally featured a top-lit reading room but underwent significant alterations in 1967-1968 by Robert Rogerson and Philip Spence, working with the City Architect.
Local climate
Dennistoun Library, 2A Craigpark, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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