Column, Springburn Park, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 October 1989. Column.

Column, Springburn Park, Glasgow

WRENN ID
pale-gateway-gold
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North East MP: Maureen Burke (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 October 1989
Type
Column
OS grid reference
NS 608 685
Coordinates
55.88974, -4.22636
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building is a free-standing Ionic column, likely from the late 19th century, located at the axis of the park walkways in Springburn Park, Glasgow. It has been re-sited from Balgray Pleasure Ground. The column is made of glazed terra cotta, which is now painted. It stands on a two-step platform, and the scrolled column base is decorated with motifs, including a thistle, representing the nations of the UK and Ireland. The elaborate capital features masks, and above it, a polygonal sundial supports a unicorn with a shield bearing the St Andrew's cross.

Local climate

Column, 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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