Bedford Social Club, 121 Eglinton Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 June 1986. Cinema. 5 related planning applications.
Bedford Social Club, 121 Eglinton Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- tenth-arch-merlin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Cinema
- Address
- Bedford Social Club, 121 Eglinton Street, Glasgow, G5 9PW
- OS grid reference
- NS 586 642
- Coordinates
- 55.85052, -4.25909
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Bedford Social Club, located at 121 Eglinton Street in Glasgow, is an Art Deco cinema designed by Lennox and McMath in 1932. The building features an ashlar facade, while the side elevations are harled. The modern entrance on the ground floor is complemented by largely intact wings. On the first floor, there is a striking 5-light neo-Palladian window adorned with four Doric pilasters, two demi-columns, and large colorful concentric arches above. The building is topped with an Art Deco pedimented wallhead and flanked by two tall grills. The wings include windows set within large stylized architraves that once served as sweetshops.
Inside, the vestibule showcases simple plasterwork, and the flanking stairs are illuminated by tripartite stained glass windows. The interior features simple Art Deco decorations on the cantilevered balcony, boxes supported by Doric columns, and ceilings with wide concrete arches. The plain sides are harled, and the roof is covered with red tiles.
Local climate
Bedford Social Club, 121 Eglinton 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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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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