Warehouses, 44-72 James Watt Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Warehouse. 4 related planning applications.
Warehouses, 44-72 James Watt Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- woven-render-thyme
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1970
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Warehouses, 44-72 James Watt Street, Glasgow, G2 8NF
- OS grid reference
- NS 584 651
- Coordinates
- 55.85826, -4.26382
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The building at 44-72 James Watt Street in Glasgow is a tall classical warehouse, likely designed by J Stephen between 1847 and 1848. It stands four storeys high with a full-height attic that was added in 1881, and features nine bays. The exterior is constructed of ashlar stone, with the ground floor channelled and raised on a plinth.
The three central bays are slightly advanced, and four Doric pilasters extend through the first, second, and third floors, supporting a very deep entablature and a pediment. The central entrance, which has been altered, is square-headed, while the two flanking openings, originally arched and voussoired, have been filled with flat lintels. The original attic storey is adorned with a frieze. The outer bays feature segmental-headed windows on the ground floor with voussoirs, and the original attic windows are set in panels, with giant pilasters at the outer corners. The later attic windows have architraves, and the building is topped with a slate roof.
Inside, the basement has fireproof jack-arch construction, with cast-iron and timber beams above.
Local climate
Warehouses, 44-72 James Watt 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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