170-174 Trongate, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 September 1989. Warehouse. 1 related planning application.
170-174 Trongate, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- iron-shingle-hawthorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 September 1989
- Type
- Warehouse
- OS grid reference
- NS 593 649
- Coordinates
- 55.85757, -4.24815
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
170-174 Trongate in Glasgow is a four-storey corner warehouse building constructed between 1856 and 1860, likely featuring a cast-iron frame. The exterior is finished in painted ashlar, with modern shops occupying the ground floor. The building has a regular four-bay elevation facing Trongate and a five-bay elevation on Hutcheson Street. Pilasters separate the bays, with giant pilasters extending through the first and second floors. Each bay contains a tripartite window with thin pilaster mullions, primarily made of plate glass, with some featuring top hopper openings. The design includes moulding string courses and cornices between the floors, a deep dentilled eaves cornice, and a parapet with die piers.
Local climate
170-174 Trongate, 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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