160 Argyle Street, 158, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 July 1988. Commercial buildings. 6 related planning applications.

160 Argyle Street, 158, Glasgow

WRENN ID
lone-hearth-sorrel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 July 1988
Type
Commercial buildings
Address
160 Argyle Street, 158, Glasgow, G2 8BT
OS grid reference
NS 588 651
Coordinates
55.85841, -4.25595
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

160 Argyle Street and 158 in Glasgow are four-storey commercial buildings dating from around 1876, designed in the Renaissance style. The ground floor has been altered, and the buildings feature three sets of six bays, with an angled southeast corner bay. The exterior is finished in painted ashlar, and the windows are primarily sash and case with four-pane glazing, all arched and topped with blind heads. The windows on the first, second, and third storeys are set within a keyblocked arcade, which includes panelled spandrels and pilasters that divide the bays. Each floor has cill bands and simple cornices. The buildings have a bold eaves modillion cornice, and the parapet is panelled and raised, featuring a segmental pediment above the central bay facing Argyle Street.

Local climate

160 Argyle Street, 158, 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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