St George's Buildings, 151, 153, 155, 157 Queen Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 July 1966. Office building. 12 related planning applications.
St George's Buildings, 151, 153, 155, 157 Queen Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- secret-spandrel-snow
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1966
- Type
- Office building
- Address
- St George's Buildings, 151, 153, 155, 157 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3BJ
- OS grid reference
- NS 591 653
- Coordinates
- 55.86064, -4.25212
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St George's Buildings, located at 151, 153, 155, and 157 Queen Street in Glasgow, is a classical office building designed by David Hamilton around 1834. This three-storey structure features an attic and is constructed of sharp ashlar masonry, presenting a symmetrical facade with seven bays.
The central entrance is flanked by broad panelled pilasters and topped with paired consoles at the cornice. The lintel displays the name "St George's Buildings," and the entrance consists of two-leaf panelled doors that have been retained. To the right, there is a modern shop front, while the left side retains earlier details, including panelled pilasters on either side, with a frieze and cornice above.
The first and second floors are divided by giant order Corinthian pilasters. The first-floor windows are taller, featuring pilastered jambs and a distinctive 12-pane glazing pattern, while the second-floor windows have a cill course and are architraved. Above the second floor, there is a fluted entablature adorned with scrolled acanthus panels as metopes, topped with a dentil cornice.
The three central bays of the attic break the attic cornice with a blocking course above, and round-arched windows are flanked by panelled pilasters. The outer bays feature windows with shouldered surrounds. The building is topped with a slate roof that includes a slate-hung dormer, and it has sash and case windows throughout.
Local climate
St George's Buildings, 151, 153, 155, 157 Queen 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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