Braehead, 206 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow is a Grade C listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 February 1990. Villa. 5 related planning applications.

Braehead, 206 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow

WRENN ID
endless-paling-mint
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South West MP: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 February 1990
Type
Villa
Address
Braehead, 206 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, Glasgow, G41 5EU
OS grid reference
NS 568 633
Coordinates
55.8424, -4.28793
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Braehead is a villa located at 206 Nithsdale Road in Pollokshields, Glasgow, built between 1880 and 1890. This two-storey, three-bay villa features an L-shaped front and includes a two-storey canted window on the left gable and a porch in the re-entrant angle. The exterior is finished in stone-cleaned polished ashlar with roll-moulded openings. The windows are square-headed and stilted at the first-floor level, with strings at the impost level and between floors. The eaves are blocked, and the glazing is made of plate glass. The villa has ornamented end stacks and a modern tiled roof. There is a low wing on the right that has been altered. The property is enclosed by a boundary wall to the street, which features painted ashlar shaped gatepiers.

Local climate

Braehead, 206 Nithsdale Road, Pollokshields, 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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