Water Tower Block, Stobhill Hospital, 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 October 1989. Water tower. 3 related planning applications.
Water Tower Block, Stobhill Hospital, 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- patient-lead-nightshade
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North East MP: Maureen Burke (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1989
- Type
- Water tower
- Address
- Water Tower Block, Stobhill Hospital, 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow, G21 3UW
- OS grid reference
- NS 612 689
- Coordinates
- 55.89343, -4.22018
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Water Tower Block at Stobhill Hospital, located at 133 Balornock Road in Glasgow, was designed by Thomson and Sandilands and built between 1900 and 1904. This tall, dome-capped water tower features a large clock and is accompanied by single and two-storey kitchen and store ranges, making it a prominent feature of the Stobhill Hospital site. The structure is constructed from red brick with ashlar dressings and has clasping pilasters on the water tower. The kitchen and store buildings are adorned with Dutch gables. The entrance is characterized by channelled and battered masonry surrounding a large round-headed doorway. The windows are predominantly 6-over-2 pane timber in sash and case style, with some round-arched windows featuring timber glazing bars. The roof is grey slated and includes cast iron rainwater goods.
The interior was partially observed in 2013, revealing cast iron columns on the ground floor of the water tower and some part-glazed internal doors.
Local climate
Water Tower Block, Stobhill Hospital, 133 Balornock 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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