William Annan Fountain, Renfield Street, Glasgow is a Grade C listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 July 1989. Fountain.

William Annan Fountain, Renfield Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
sombre-flint-sorrel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 July 1989
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NS 589 659
Coordinates
55.8659, -4.25493
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The William Annan Fountain, located on Renfield Street in Glasgow, was designed by architect Robert Lorimer in 1915. This stone memorial fountain is made of polished pink granite and features a circular base with four basins. Atop the square pedestal, which has lion mask spouts and a bronze plaque, stands a tall octagonal shaft adorned with a unicorn and shield. The bronze plaque reads, "This Fountain was presented to the City of Glasgow by William Annan of Port Dundas. 1915."

Local climate

William Annan Fountain, Renfield 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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