War Memorial, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Shawhill Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 17 June 1992. War memorial.

War Memorial, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Shawhill Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
dark-cobble-harvest
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South MP: Gordon McKee (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
17 June 1992
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NS 564 615
Coordinates
55.82583, -4.29258
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The war memorial at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Shawhill Road in Glasgow was likely built around 1920. It features a mural monument made of yellow ashlar stone, which is supported by pilasters and arches. At the front, there is a podium, and the memorial includes three cast-iron figures, including one of Christ, which were cast in Paris.

Local climate

War Memorial, St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Shawhill Road, 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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