The Palace Of Art, Bellahouston Park, 1121 Paisley Road West, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Cultural center. 1 related planning application.
The Palace Of Art, Bellahouston Park, 1121 Paisley Road West, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- tilted-frieze-dawn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1970
- Type
- Cultural center
- Address
- The Palace Of Art, Bellahouston Park, 1121 Paisley Road West, Glasgow, G52 1EQ
- OS grid reference
- NS 549 640
- Coordinates
- 55.8475, -4.31822
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Palace of Art, located in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, was designed by Thomas S. Tait and Lancelot Hugh Ross in 1938 for the Empire Exhibition. This large building primarily consists of halls arranged around an open square courtyard. The west front features a tall main range with a series of large, vertically-proportioned and horizontally-glazed rectangular openings separated by plain columns. At the center, there are three doors and a wide staircase, while flat-roofed low ranges at either end are set slightly forward. The main wall is shallow recessed above and includes flagpoles. The other ranges around the courtyard are slightly lower, with a large exit located centrally on the east wall. The structure is built from square concrete blocks, with some details featuring colored tiles, and the roofs are mostly covered with profile sheeting, complemented by an extensive series of large rooflights. Decorative wrought-iron elements, including lamp brackets, can be found at the main staircase.
Local climate
The Palace Of Art, Bellahouston Park, 1121 Paisley Road West, 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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