Howe Sewing Machine Company, 48 Avenue Stret, Bridgeton, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 March 1992.

Howe Sewing Machine Company, 48 Avenue Stret, Bridgeton, Glasgow

WRENN ID
ghost-wicket-indigo
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 March 1992
OS grid reference
NS 613 640
Coordinates
55.85002, -4.21626
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Howe Sewing Machine Company building, located at 48 Avenue Street in Bridgeton, Glasgow, was designed by A Kennedy, Son and Myles and constructed between 1872 and 1873. It consists of several sections on a triangular island site and features two substantial chimney stacks that have been cut down. The main structure is a long, 17-bay, three-storey range facing Fielden Street, with a lower adjoining range to the south. The long return elevation to Barrowfield Street includes a continuous roof ventilator. The building is constructed of red and contrasting yellow brick, has blocked eaves, and slate roofs, with most of the glazing being original. There are two wide openings on the ground floor facing Fielden Street. A taller range that was originally at the center of the complex has been demolished, along with the main block that adjoined it to the west, which was removed in 1969.

Local climate

Howe Sewing Machine Company, 48 Avenue Stret, Bridgeton, 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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