Osborne Buildings, 123, 125, 127 Douglas Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 July 1988. Tenement. 3 related planning applications.

Osborne Buildings, 123, 125, 127 Douglas Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
dim-garret-smoke
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 July 1988
Type
Tenement
OS grid reference
NS 584 658
Coordinates
55.86511, -4.26363
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Osborne Buildings, located at 123, 125, and 127 Douglas Street in Glasgow, dates from around 1845 and is a four-storey classical tenement with shops. The building is constructed of polished ashlar, featuring sash and case windows that are architraved and corniced at the first and second floors, with mainly 12-pane glazing. A continuous mutule cornice runs along the top.

The elevation facing Sauchiehall Street consists of 30 bays arranged in three sections (8-14-8), with an attic in the last four bays of the eastern section. There are recessed Doric pilastered close entries with fanlights at Nos 271, 281, and 303. The shopfront at No 305 dates from the late 19th century and features column glazing bars. The first floor has a cornice, and there is a cill band at the third floor, with central stacks on the roof.

The elevation to Pitt Street has 10 bays, with the second and third bays from the north being blind. The ground floor features two close entries that project forward with a cornice, two windows to the right of No 192, one window to the left of No 198, and one entry that has been altered from an original window. The upper windows are symmetrically arranged, following the pattern of the Sauchiehall Street elevation.

The Douglas Street elevation also has 10 bays arranged in two sections (5-5), with the second and third bays from the east being blind. It features two shopfronts with dentil cornices and a similar window arrangement to that of Pitt Street, along with three wallhead stacks.

Local climate

Osborne Buildings, 123, 125, 127 Douglas 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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