Carron Building, 123, 125, 127, 129 Buchanan Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Commercial building. 11 related planning applications.

Carron Building, 123, 125, 127, 129 Buchanan Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
vacant-moat-vale
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Commercial building
Address
Carron Building, 123, 125, 127, 129 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JA
OS grid reference
NS 590 653
Coordinates
55.86075, -4.25435
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Carron Building, located at 123, 125, 127, and 129 Buchanan Street in Glasgow, was designed by James Boucher of Boucher and Higgins in 1884. This four-storey, nine-bay classical commercial building features shops on the ground floor. The first floor has pedimented windows, while the second floor showcases architraved windows with a cornice. The third floor is distinguished by a bracketted cornice, and its windows are set within broad pilasters. At the top, there are pedestals at the parapet.

Local climate

Carron Building, 123, 125, 127, 129 Buchanan 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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