250, 252, 254, 256 West George Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Tenement. 3 related planning applications.

250, 252, 254, 256 West George Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
unlit-rampart-sparrow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Tenement
Address
250, 252, 254, 256 West George Street, Glasgow, G2 4QY
OS grid reference
NS 585 656
Coordinates
55.86316, -4.26189
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 250, 252, 254, and 256 West George Street in Glasgow, dates from around 1830 and is a three-storey tenement with a sunk basement. It features seven bays in a classical style, connecting the southeast side of Blythswood Square with a terraced block on the north side of West George Street. The exterior is finished in polished ashlar stone, with a channelled design at the ground floor. There is a basement band course and cill bands on the first and second floors. The ground and first floors have sash and case windows, with margined windows at the ground level and two-pane windows above; the second floor features T-pane casements. The building has an eaves cornice and a blocking course, along with a corniced end stack and a slate roof. Additionally, there are cast-iron spearhead railings.

Local climate

250, 252, 254, 256 West George 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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