217, 219, 221 Argyle Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Warehouse. 6 related planning applications.

217, 219, 221 Argyle Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
crooked-sentry-gold
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Warehouse
Address
217, 219, 221 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DL
OS grid reference
NS 588 650
Coordinates
55.85817, -4.25741
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This building, located at 217, 219, and 221 Argyle Street in Glasgow, was designed by James Thomson in collaboration with R McConnel in 1863. It is a four-storey Venetian-style warehouse featuring modern shops on the ground floor and consists of nine bays. The structure is iron-framed and showcases a pilastrade on the first floor that connects to a giant arcade on the second floor. The second floor also includes a slim colonnaded arcade with console keyblocks. On the third floor, there is a moulded cill band and continuous quarter architraves with panelling below. The building has boldly projecting eaves supported by consoled brackets and a modillion cornice. There have been some alterations made to the first floor.

Local climate

217, 219, 221 Argyle Street, 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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