Olympia Theatre, 2-16 Orr Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 March 1977. Theatre. 3 related planning applications.
Olympia Theatre, 2-16 Orr Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- peeling-pinnacle-fog
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1977
- Type
- Theatre
- Address
- Olympia Theatre, 2-16 Orr Street, Glasgow, G40 2QQ
- OS grid reference
- NS 607 640
- Coordinates
- 55.84948, -4.2262
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Olympia Theatre, located at 2-16 Orr Street in Glasgow, was designed by George Arthur and Son and built between 1910 and 1911. The interior was rebuilt by McNair and Elder in 1938. The building showcases a stripped Edwardian baroque style and features a tall corner block that curves at the corner, with a wide low entrance from the 1930s. The entrance is adorned with tiles that extend along both street elevations. The theatre has a giant order of Ionic columns above the entrance and a leaded dome. The exterior is primarily constructed of red ashlar with channelled plaster strips and a deep entablature. The flank facing Olympia Street displays a giant order with brick infill panels, while the Orr Street elevation is mainly brick. The roof is concealed.
Local climate
Olympia Theatre, 2-16 Orr Street, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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