18, 20, 22 Jamaica Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.

18, 20, 22 Jamaica Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
stranded-hearth-crimson
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Commercial building
Address
18, 20, 22 Jamaica Street, Glasgow, G1 4QD
OS grid reference
NS 587 650
Coordinates
55.85795, -4.25746
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a classical five-storey commercial building located at 18, 20, and 22 Jamaica Street in Glasgow, dating from around 1860. The structure features a Grand Central Cinema that was added from the basement to the second floor between 1914 and 1916, designed by William B Whitie. The building has seven bays and is constructed with an iron frame and polished ashlar facing.

The first, second, and third floors are adorned with a plain Ionic glazed pilastrade. At the centre of the first floor, there is a later keyblocked arched window with panelled spandrels and a sculpted frieze. Above this, the panelled bays are fitted with altered cast-iron balconies. All windows are casement style with glazing bars. The fourth floor features a 14-light arched pilastrade, while the building is topped with a plain frieze and a modillion cornice.

Local climate

18, 20, 22 Jamaica 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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