Mercat Building, 17-23 London Road, Bridgeton, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Gushet building. 1 related planning application.
Mercat Building, 17-23 London Road, Bridgeton, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-marble-azure
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1970
- Type
- Gushet building
- OS grid reference
- NS 596 648
- Coordinates
- 55.85632, -4.24311
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Mercat Building, located at 17-23 London Road in Bridgeton, Glasgow, was designed by A Graham Henderson and constructed between 1928 and 1933. This large corner building features six floors, including four storeys and a double attic. It has a steel-framed structure with polished ashlar and black granite at the ground level, where shops are located. Above this, the building is clad in a light-coloured stone that has been cleaned to contrast with the darker granite. It includes small-paned metal-framed glazing.
At the corner, there is a prominent round-arched deep recess with an Ionic-columned screen, which showcases some sculptural details created by sculptors Alexander Proudfoot and Archibald Dawson. The flanking bays are regular, featuring deep window recesses. Giant pilaster strips separate the bays at the second and third floors, with bronze panels positioned between the floors. Above this, there is a main entablature, a full attic storey with metal balconies, and a slated mansard roof.
Local climate
Mercat Building, 17-23 London Road, Bridgeton, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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