Egyptian Halls, 84-100 Union Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 July 1966. Commercial building. 8 related planning applications.
Egyptian Halls, 84-100 Union Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- outer-mantel-reed
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1966
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- Egyptian Halls, 84-100 Union Street, Glasgow, G1 3QW
- OS grid reference
- NS 588 652
- Coordinates
- 55.85983, -4.25656
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Egyptian Halls, located at 84-100 Union Street in Glasgow, is a notable commercial building designed by Alexander Thomson between 1871 and 1873. This four-storey structure features a symmetrical design with classical influences, incorporating Greek and Egyptian detailing. The ground floor has modern shops, but there are traces of the original fascia and shop surrounds. The building consists of 18 regular bays and is constructed from polished ashlar with a cast-iron frame.
It has sash and case windows, and the first floor is distinguished by superimposed antae with richly sculpted brackets supporting an anta pilastrade, along with a sculpted, incised cornice. The second floor features a coupled, slim anta pilastrade, a rosette frieze, and a cornice with ante fixae. The third floor showcases an eaves gallery supported by squat Assyrian columns, recessed T-pane glazing, a rich frieze, a modillion cornice, and a parapet adorned with ante fixae.
Local climate
Egyptian Halls, 84-100 Union 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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