Glengowan, 196 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow is a Grade C listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 February 1990. Villa. 2 related planning applications.
Glengowan, 196 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-cupola-scarlet
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1990
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Glengowan, 196 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, G41 5EU
- OS grid reference
- NS 570 633
- Coordinates
- 55.84198, -4.28505
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Glengowan is a villa located at 196 Nithsdale Road in Pollokshields, Glasgow, built between 1880 and 1890. This two-storey, three-bay building features gothic details and has an L-plan front. The walls are constructed with stugged coursers and polished dressings, showcasing moulded and sculptured details, particularly at the eaves.
The villa includes arched openings, a hood-moulded inner doorway, and a two-storey canted window on the left gable. To the right, there is a projecting ground floor window with a window above it that has a gabled dormer head positioned above the eaves level. The windows are fitted with plate glass glazing, and the building has skews and end stacks, all topped with slate roofs.
There are recessed low wings on either side of the main structure, with a modern garage adjoining the right wing. The property is enclosed by a stepped boundary wall that leads to the street, featuring octagonal gatepiers with pyramidal caps.
Local climate
Glengowan, 196 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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