Abbotsford Primary School, 131 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 June 1986.

Abbotsford Primary School, 131 Abbotsford Place, Glasgow

WRENN ID
winter-ashlar-weasel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 June 1986
OS grid reference
NS 586 637
Coordinates
55.84607, -4.2587
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Janitor's Lodge at Abbotsford Primary School in Glasgow was designed by H and D Barclay and opened in 1879. This two-storey, 12-by-8-bay Italianate building is constructed of ashlar stone. It features an arched doorway set within two central advanced pedimented bays, with channelled masonry surrounding the door and two mask roundels. The ground floor windows have roll moulding and carved cills, complemented by a decorated frieze and cornices. A cornice runs above the ground floor, while the first floor has recessed aproned windows situated between Doric pilasters that bear shields. The building has projecting eaves with a mutule cornice and a slate roof that includes a glazed light for the central hall and two stacks. The east and west elevations are identical, while the north and south elevations each have eight bays with similar windows arranged in groups of 2-4-2.

Inside, there is a central hall with two staircases leading to the upper classrooms. The janitor's house, also built in 1879, is an Italianate cottage that is two storeys high and made of ashlar. It features dormer heads on the first-floor windows, bargeboards, a stack, and a swept slate roof. The property is enclosed by heavy cast-iron perimeter railings that include three small pedimented ashlar entrances.

Local climate

Abbotsford Primary School, 131 Abbotsford Place, 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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