Glasshouses, Botanic Gardens, 703 Great Western Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Glass house.

Glasshouses, Botanic Gardens, 703 Great Western Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
gaunt-gravel-rye
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Glass house
OS grid reference
NS 568 675
Coordinates
55.87938, -4.29028
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The glasshouses at the Botanic Gardens on Great Western Road in Glasgow were built in 1883 and have been extensively repaired to their original design. They feature a construction of glass, cedar wood, and cast iron, with ashlar base courses. The rear has been rebuilt with brick base courses. The building has a long symmetrical elevation, highlighted by taller end and central pavilions. Inside, there are cast-iron columns, some of which support cast-iron spiral staircases.

Local climate

Glasshouses, Botanic Gardens, 703 Great Western Road, 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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