War Memorial, Albert Drive, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 February 1990. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

War Memorial, Albert Drive, Glasgow

WRENN ID
weathered-copper-brook
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 February 1990
Type
War memorial
Address
War Memorial, Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2ND
OS grid reference
NS 575 634
Coordinates
55.84302, -4.27597
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The war memorial, built around 1920, is designed as a version of the Ruthwell Cross and features sculptured panels. It stands on an octagonal stepped base that displays the names of those who were killed. The memorial is made of granite.

Local climate

War Memorial, Albert Drive, 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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