Synagogue, 161 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 March 1977. Villa. 2 related planning applications.

Synagogue, 161 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
half-moat-marsh
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 March 1977
Type
Villa
Address
Synagogue, 161 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow, G41 5QS
OS grid reference
NS 574 631
Coordinates
55.84007, -4.27827
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 161 Nithsdale Road in Glasgow, is a synagogue that dates back to around 1878. It is designed in a Thomsonesque Greek style and features a symmetrical front with twin pediments. The facade includes two low windows with five lights each and a central pediment. The ground floor has a porch supported by Ionic columns, a recessed central window, and tripartite windows above the bows, which are flanked by tapered capitals that frame recessed areas containing acroters. The basement has a battered design. The building is faced with ashlar stone, while the flanks and rear are made of snecked rubble. It was converted into a synagogue, during which the steps were removed and a new side porch with bronze doors was added in 1928.

Local climate

Synagogue, 161 Nithsdale Road, 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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