Pollokshields Public School, 11 Melville Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 August 1984. 1 related planning application.

Pollokshields Public School, 11 Melville Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
half-attic-elder
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 August 1984
Address
Pollokshields Public School, 11 Melville Street, Glasgow, G41 2JJ
OS grid reference
NS 578 630
Coordinates
55.83983, -4.27222
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Janitor's Lodge, located at 9 Melville Street in Glasgow, was designed by H and D Barclay and built between 1878 and 1879, with a datestone marking 1879. This building is a variant of their palazzo-style design used for Glasgow's board schools.

It features two storeys with a symmetrical street elevation, where the roof breaks forward over shallow advanced ends. Pilasters at each level separate the window lights. The exterior is finished in polished ashlar and includes original T-shaped glazing, a deep mutule cornice, and piended slate roofs. The sides have three-light windows, and there is a full-height rear wing.

To the east, there is a single storey and attic janitor's lodge, which has broad-eaved dormer heads. The entire structure is set behind a low coping topped with decorative iron railings, although part of the railing has been replaced with brick. The entrance is marked by ashlar gatepiers.

Local climate

Pollokshields Public School, 11 Melville Street, 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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