James Allan And Son, 15, 17, 19, 21 Gordon Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 July 1988. Commercial building. 6 related planning applications.
James Allan And Son, 15, 17, 19, 21 Gordon Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- dusted-forge-dale
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1988
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- James Allan And Son, 15, 17, 19, 21 Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3PL
- OS grid reference
- NS 589 653
- Coordinates
- 55.8602, -4.25513
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
James Allan and Son is a five-storey commercial building located at 15, 17, 19, and 21 Gordon Street in Glasgow, designed by James Carruthers in 1931 in the Art Deco style. The building features five bays arranged in a 1-3-1 configuration and is faced with polished ashlar. Between the inner bays, there are metal panels, and the windows are metal casements. The ground floor has been altered but still shows traces of a marble shop fascia.
The building is distinguished by a giant order of pilasters that rise from the first to the fourth floor, dividing the bays. The windows are geometric metal designs with leaded margins. The metal panels between the floors include a shield panel and a Greek key frieze. There is a pseudo-eaves gallery and a bold cornice adorned with giant metopes. The parapet is raised and features sculpted panels over the outer bays.
Inside, there are Art Deco shop fittings at No. 19 Gordon Street, along with a bronze-faced lift.
Local climate
James Allan And Son, 15, 17, 19, 21 Gordon Street, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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 — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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