Sir William Collins' Memorial Fountain, Glasgow Green, Saltmarket, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1993. Fountain.

Sir William Collins' Memorial Fountain, Glasgow Green, Saltmarket, Glasgow

WRENN ID
dim-doorway-oak
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 March 1993
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NS 595 645
Coordinates
55.85326, -4.2454
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Sir William Collins' Memorial Fountain is located in Glasgow Green, Saltmarket, Glasgow. It was erected in memory of Sir William Collins and acknowledges his contributions to the Temperance movement. The fountain features a sculptured bronze female figure created by J Mossman in 1881. This figure is positioned on a shaft that rises high from a tall granite pedestal, which includes two basins and a bronze bust of Collins.

Local climate

Sir William Collins' Memorial Fountain, Glasgow Green, Saltmarket, 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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