The Laurels, 361 And 361A Albert Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow is a Grade C listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 February 1990. Villa. 2 related planning applications.

The Laurels, 361 And 361A Albert Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow

WRENN ID
watchful-chalk-dawn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 February 1990
Type
Villa
Address
The Laurels, 361 And 361A Albert Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow, G41 5PH
OS grid reference
NS 565 635
Coordinates
55.84389, -4.29219
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Laurels is a villa built around 1880, located at 361 and 361A Albert Drive in Pollokshields, Glasgow. This two-storey, three-bay structure features pilastered window mullions and is constructed from stone-cleaned ashlar with painted details. It has plate glass sash windows and a central Ionic portico. A distinctive curved full-height window bay is topped with a roof finial. The building includes band courses, a frieze, bracketted eaves, end stacks, and a slate roof adorned with Thomsonesque chimney cans. There is also a rear wing. The boundary wall steps down to the street and includes painted gatepiers with an unusual design, which are square at the base and moulded to circular domed tops, featuring incised details.

Local climate

The Laurels, 361 And 361A Albert Drive, Pollokshields, 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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