Lamp Standard, 23 Marywood Square, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 March 1989. Lamp standard.

Lamp Standard, 23 Marywood Square, Glasgow

WRENN ID
muffled-entrance-umber
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South MP: Gordon McKee (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 March 1989
Type
Lamp standard
OS grid reference
NS 576 625
Coordinates
55.83528, -4.27478
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This cast-iron lamp standard, dating from around 1880, is located at 23 Marywood Square in Glasgow. It was produced by the Oak Iron Foundry and features a plinth, a tapering column, a cross-bar, and a lantern lamp. The plinth has geometric detailing, while the column is adorned with stylized foliage, reflecting the style of James Sellars.

Local climate

Lamp Standard, 23 Marywood Square, 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 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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