St Andrew's Works, 197-243 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 June 1986. Power station. 7 related planning applications.

St Andrew's Works, 197-243 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
cold-ember-wind
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 June 1986
Type
Power station
Address
St Andrew's Works, 197-243 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G41 1PS
OS grid reference
NS 586 635
Coordinates
55.84458, -4.25967
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Andrew's Works, located at 197-243 Pollokshaws Road in Glasgow, was built between 1899 and 1900 by Myles for the Glasgow Corporation Electricity Department. This tall, single-storey building features a pressed brick façade with 15 large recessed arched bays, of which 8 are blocked. The original windows display a 42-pane pattern, and there are terracotta plaques situated between the windows. The structure is topped with a stone cornice and a brick parapet over the end and central bays, adorned with urns and a central pediment.

The northern part of the roof remains original, covered with slates, skylights, and five ventilators, while the southern part has been modernized, except for the end, which retains a slate covering with a louvred ridge ventilator. The interior is steel framed.

Adjacent to the main building is a two-storey, seven-bay office constructed of ashlar with incised detailing. It features a wide central entrance that has been modernized, flanked by symmetrical door and two-window groupings, with one door now converted into a window. A consoled cornice with a block pediment is present at the center above the ground floor, and the windows are sash and case. The office also has a curvilinear pediment and an urn finial.

The south wing is a two-storey, 18-bay side elevation made of red brick with blue bands. It includes arched windows, most of which contain 18 panes. The stone front features a large arched door with foliated carving in the spandrels. Additionally, there is a Jacobean style window with two mullions and a transom, and the gable is topped with an urn finial. At the rear, there is a lower boiler house.

Local climate

St Andrew's Works, 197-243 Pollokshaws Road, 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 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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