Springburn Park, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 March 1985. Glasshouse.

Springburn Park, Glasgow

WRENN ID
forgotten-hearth-lark
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North East MP: Maureen Burke (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 March 1985
Type
Glasshouse
OS grid reference
NS 608 684
Coordinates
55.889, -4.22702
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Springburn Park in Glasgow features a substantial glasshouse built by Simpson and Farmer, hothouse builders, in collaboration with William Baird of Temple ironworks, between 1899 and 1900. The glasshouse is approximately 180 feet long and has tall red brick walls that rise about 12 feet, with round arched windows. The main block is spanned by seven arch-framed lattice girders that support an extensive glass roof, which is boldly curved at angles and consists of wide overlapping layers of glass. A low clerestory runs along the ridge, topped with decorative brattishing in a thistle design. Inside, a gallery surrounds the space and is accessed by cast-iron stairs, featuring decorative cast-iron balustrades.

Local climate

Springburn Park, 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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