1-3 Oakfield Avenue, Hillhead, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 May 1986. Tenement. 5 related planning applications.

1-3 Oakfield Avenue, Hillhead, Glasgow

WRENN ID
hushed-chapel-onyx
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
20 May 1986
Type
Tenement
Address
1-3 Oakfield Avenue, Hillhead, Glasgow, G12 8HN
OS grid reference
NS 572 670
Coordinates
55.87562, -4.28338
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 1-3 Oakfield Avenue in Hillhead, Glasgow, is a tenement dating from around 1885, featuring Thomsonesque detailing. It stands four storeys tall and includes shops on the ground floor, situated on a corner site. The elevations facing Great Western Road and Oakfield Avenue are four bays wide, with a prominent bow window at the angle that extends through the first, second, and third floors.

All windows have pilastered reveals, with those on the first floor adorned with a disc frieze. The left bay of the Great Western Road elevation features tripartite windows, while the remaining windows are single-light. The building has sash windows with plate-glass glazing. Notable architectural details include a heavy string course above the ground floor, band courses at the cills, and a lintel cornice at the second floor. The main cornice is plain, and the building has axial stacks and slate roofs.

Local climate

1-3 Oakfield Avenue, Hillhead, 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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