Wheatsheaf Building, 52 Speirs Wharf, Port Dundas, Glasgow is a Grade C listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 April 1997. Warehouse.

Wheatsheaf Building, 52 Speirs Wharf, Port Dundas, Glasgow

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 April 1997
Type
Warehouse
OS grid reference
NS 588 668
Coordinates
55.8745, -4.25729
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Wheatsheaf Building, located at 52 Speirs Wharf in Port Dundas, Glasgow, was built in 1866 and converted by Windex in 1987. This five-storey warehouse, originally used for a sugar refinery, now serves as office space. The building features regularly squared and coursed sandstone on the main elevations, with squared and snecked stone at the rear. It has segmental arches over the windows and hoist doors, along with a base course and an eaves cornice.

On the south elevation, there are eight bays. A carriage door is situated in the bay to the right of the center, with a lower pedestrian door to the outer left. The remaining bays at ground level have tall narrow windows, while the upper levels feature regular fenestration with smaller windows.

The north elevation consists of three regularly fenestrated bays in the center and right, with a blank area on the outer right. A modern brick stair tower projects from the outer left.

The west elevation has three bays, with tall shop windows spanning the ground level. The upper levels show regular fenestration, including glazed hoist doors in the center bays and a platform for a modern attic hoist door.

The east elevation is adjacent to higher ground and has three bays. It features a door at ground level (first floor) and hoist doors above in the center bay. The left side has a blank bay, except for a blocked window on the top floor, while the outer right bay has blocked windows on each floor.

The building includes timber small-pane casement windows and has lead or zinc coping on the blocking course. The grey slate attic is fitted with Velux lights, and there is a setted forecourt with iron railings surrounding the complex to the south and east.

The interior was not seen in 1996.

Local climate

Wheatsheaf Building, 52 Speirs Wharf, Port Dundas, 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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