83, 85 Buchanan Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 July 1988. Commercial. 8 related planning applications.

83, 85 Buchanan Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
knotted-span-burdock
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 July 1988
Type
Commercial
Address
83, 85 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 3HF
OS grid reference
NS 589 652
Coordinates
55.8598, -4.25476
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 83 and 85 Buchanan Street in Glasgow, was designed by Gillespie, Kidd and Coia in 1970. It is a four-storey office building with a shop on the ground floor. The structure has a rectangular plan measuring six by sixteen main bays, with a five-bay rear elevation. It is constructed from reinforced concrete and features copper facing. The ground floor has projecting shop fronts, while the upper three floors showcase shaped, jettied windows. A cornice runs along the top of the building.

Local climate

83, 85 Buchanan 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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