Old Town Hall, Pleasance Street, Pollokshaws, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Clock tower.

Old Town Hall, Pleasance Street, Pollokshaws, Glasgow

WRENN ID
little-bronze-poplar
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South MP: Gordon McKee (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Clock tower
OS grid reference
NS 563 615
Coordinates
55.82549, -4.29412
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Town Hall on Pleasance Street in Pollokshaws, Glasgow, dates back to 1803 and is a remnant of the old burgh buildings. It was likely truncated and stabilized when Rowand Anderson's replacement was constructed between 1895 and 1898. This Georgian building features ashlar stonework with a channelled design at the ground level. The main facade faces north and consists of a two-storey central bay with a pediment. There is an original base for a square tower that is set back, along with a clock stage, a deep cornice, and a squat spire that is not original. The building has narrow recessed flanking bays and is squared off in plan with three blank walls topped by a substantial wavy parapet.

Local climate

Old Town Hall, Pleasance Street, Pollokshaws, 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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