18-46 Albion Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. 15 related planning applications.

18-46 Albion Street, Glasgow

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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Address
18-46 Albion Street, Glasgow, G1 1LH
OS grid reference
NS 596 649
Coordinates
55.85756, -4.24411
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

32 Trongate in Glasgow is a six-storey building designed by architects Thomson and Sandilands between 1903 and 1912. It was constructed for the City Improvement Trust and features classical detailing in polished red sandstone across all elevations. The first floor is channelled, and the ground floor has modern shops.

The Trongate elevation consists of nine bays arranged in a pattern of 4-1-3-1, with the narrower single bays featuring two-light windows and carved curvilinear pediments above the third bay. An off-centre bay includes twin arched doors (No 34) at ground level, flanked by pilasters and topped with a broken curvilinear pediment that has a sculptured tympanum.

Most windows are grouped in threes, with sash and case designs featuring either plate-glass or four-pane glazing, although there are some modern fixed-pane windows on the ground floor. The second and third floors are connected by giant Ionic pilasters that flank the bays. The upper two storeys have pilastered bays and a balustraded die parapet. The narrower bays include dormer windows in the attic, which are set within a balustrade and topped with truncated pyramid roofs.

At the corner of Trongate and Albion Street, the second to fifth floors are linked by giant pilasters, with an aedicule on the third floor. The attic storey features an octagonal dome with Baroque detailing.

The Albion Street elevation has eleven bays and a single bay return elevation to Bell Street, which are similarly detailed.

Local climate

18-46 Albion Street, 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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