Springburn District Library And Museum, 179 Ayr Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Library.

Springburn District Library And Museum, 179 Ayr Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
waning-cinder-poplar
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North East MP: Maureen Burke (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Library
OS grid reference
NS 605 676
Coordinates
55.8816, -4.23143
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Springburn District Library and Museum, located at 179 Ayr Street in Glasgow, was designed by William B Whitie and completed in 1904. This single-storey building occupies a corner site and features a symmetrical main entrance elevation with nine bays facing east on Ayr Street. The exterior is made of stone-cleaned red ashlar.

The architectural style is Edwardian baroque, characterized by key-stoned architraves, a channelled base, and wide pilaster strips. The round-arched doorway is set within a recessed aedicular frame, topped with a pediment that includes a cartouche and inscription, all integrated with the main mutule cornice. The building has a piended slate roof that is enclosed by a roof parapet.

Local climate

Springburn District Library And Museum, 179 Ayr Street, 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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