Govan Public Library, 228A Langlands Road, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Library. 1 related planning application.
Govan Public Library, 228A Langlands Road, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- lone-gutter-autumn
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1970
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Govan Public Library, 228A Langlands Road, Glasgow, G51 3TZ
- OS grid reference
- NS 547 656
- Coordinates
- 55.862, -4.32196
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Govan Public Library, built between 1902 and 1903 by Sir John James Burnet, is an Edwardian baroque single-storey library featuring some sculptural details. The building has a serpentine front with a wide, shallow-curved portico supported by paired Tuscan columns, with doors located in a recessed area. Behind a balustrade, there is a diminutive roof dome. The outer bays are designed to resemble the ends of flanking ranges, with the rear elevation featuring pediments, each containing a canted bay and an oculus in the tympanum, along with three oculi in the wall area between the five-bay flanks. The library is constructed from stugged ashlar with polished dressings, channelled angle pilasters, deep entablatures, and roof balustrades adorned with sculptured urns. It has segmental-arched windows with original glazing and a combination of slated pitched and leaded flat roofs. The interior boasts deep mutule cornices, coffered ceilings, and segmental-vaulted ceilings. The property is enclosed by decorative iron railings.
Local climate
Govan Public Library, 228A Langlands Road, 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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