Southern Necropolis, 316 Caledonia Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Cemetery.

Southern Necropolis, 316 Caledonia Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
swift-render-larch
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Cemetery
OS grid reference
NS 593 634
Coordinates
55.84352, -4.24702
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Southern Necropolis, located at 316 Caledonia Road in Glasgow, is a cemetery that opened in 1840. It was extended to the east in 1846 and received a gate lodge in 1848, with further expansion to the west in 1850. The cemetery features a series of high-quality stone monuments, including those dedicated to Alexander Thomson and Charles Wilson. It is divided into Western, Central, and Eastern divisions. The boundary walls are primarily made of ashlar stone, which is droved to the street and topped with ashlar coping.

Local climate

Southern Necropolis, 316 Caledonia Road, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% 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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