The Tron, 11 Saltmarket, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970.

The Tron, 11 Saltmarket, Glasgow

WRENN ID
hallowed-entrance-dock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
OS grid reference
NS 596 648
Coordinates
55.85624, -4.24383
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

15, 17, 19 Saltmarket in Glasgow is a tenement block designed by Sir J J Burnet between 1899 and 1900, showcasing a simplified Scots Renaissance style. The building features a gabled design and consists of four storeys with an attic, presenting an eight-bay symmetrical façade. The exterior is constructed of ashlar stone.

The ground floor accommodates shops, with entrances to the upper floors located in the narrow, advanced third and sixth bays, framed by architraves that include a bull's eye above. A cornice runs along the ground floor, interrupted by balconies above the doors. The windows are either single or bipartite, with corbelled canted windows on the second floor in the second, fourth, fifth, and seventh bays, while the outer windows extend up to the third floor. There is a cornice above the second and third floors, and gable dormers are present in the outer and central bays. The attic features one window with Jacobean decoration in the gable, and a pedimented dormer with a pyramidal roof is situated above the entrance bay. The roof is slate-covered.

To the north, there is a bar with an elegant arched timber bar front, an angle door, and a return bay. Some elaborate engraved glass remains, particularly facing Saltmarket. Unfortunately, the crowning balustrade has been removed. The interior is sensitively fitted, preserving the gantry behind the bar and the chimney piece.

Local climate

The Tron, 11 Saltmarket, 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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