Dixon Halls, 650, 652, 654, 656 Cathcart Road, Govanhill, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 December 1989. Public halls. 2 related planning applications.
Dixon Halls, 650, 652, 654, 656 Cathcart Road, Govanhill, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1989
- Type
- Public halls
- Address
- Dixon Halls, 650, 652, 654, 656 Cathcart Road, Govanhill, Glasgow, G42 8AA
- OS grid reference
- NS 587 624
- Coordinates
- 55.83425, -4.25677
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Dixon Halls, located at 650, 652, 654, and 656 Cathcart Road in Govanhill, Glasgow, was designed by Frank Stirrat between 1878 and 1879, with a datestone marking 1879. The public halls were a gift from W S Dixon of Govan Iron Works. The building showcases a Scots baronial style and is situated freestanding on an open site, angled to the roadway.
The structure features a lofty main range with crow-stepped gables and an engaged square tower that includes bartizans and a pyramidal slated spire, which is slightly taller than the main range. The southeast gable has an arcaded tripartite entrance with stilted arches supported by stout columns. Above this entrance, there are tall multi-paned mullioned and transomed windows that extend high. The exterior is finished with stugged and snecked ashlar and polished dressings, topped with a slate roof.
Additionally, there is a low boundary wall with iron railings and square gatepiers surrounding the property.
Local climate
Dixon Halls, 650, 652, 654, 656 Cathcart Road, Govanhill, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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