James Martin Memorial Fountain And Canopy, Glasgow Green, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1993. Fountain.

James Martin Memorial Fountain And Canopy, Glasgow Green, Glasgow

WRENN ID
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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 602 640
Coordinates
55.84926, -4.23303
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The James Martin Memorial Fountain and Canopy, located in Glasgow Green, Glasgow, was designed by William MacFarlane and Co in 1893, as noted by the inscription and date. This structure features an elaborate domed cast-iron canopy supported by columns, with a free-standing fountain situated within the canopy. It serves as a memorial to Baillie James Martin.

Local climate

James Martin Memorial Fountain And Canopy, Glasgow Green, 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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