Gatepiers And Railings Quincentenary Gates, University Of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Gatepiers and railings.
Gatepiers And Railings Quincentenary Gates, University Of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- tall-jade-ash
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1970
- Type
- Gatepiers and railings
- OS grid reference
- NS 569 667
- Coordinates
- 55.87223, -4.28817
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The gatepiers and railings at the University of Glasgow, located on University Avenue, were designed by A.G. Thomson in 1889, with the Quincentenary Gates created by A. Graham Henderson in 1952, featuring ironwork by Thomas Hadden & Co. The structure includes a coped boundary wall topped with cast-iron railings. The circular ashlar piers exhibit banded rustication and conical heads with finials, along with small niches facing each direction at Pearce Lodge. There are square-plan sandstone gatepiers for the vehicular entrance, which are complemented by lower gatepiers and quadrant walls for the flanking pedestrian entrances. The vehicular entrance features decorative two-leaf wrought-iron gates, while the pedestrian entrances have single leaf gates.
The gatepiers and railings include arrow-headed cast-iron railings. The Quincentenary Gates are marked by gatepiers with dated caps reading '1451' and '1951', and they are adorned with cast iron lion and unicorn finials. The decorative wrought iron gates incorporate 30 escutcheons, with the flanking pedestrian gates designed similarly.
Local climate
Gatepiers And Railings Quincentenary Gates, University Of Glasgow, University Avenue, 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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