Florentine House, 53 Hillhead Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 March 1977. Villa. 3 related planning applications.

Florentine House, 53 Hillhead Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
carved-truss-peregrine
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 March 1977
Type
Villa
OS grid reference
NS 569 668
Coordinates
55.87356, -4.28786
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Florentine House, located at 53 Hillhead Street in Glasgow, is a classical villa built around 1828. This two-storey building features three bays and is constructed from polished ashlar stone. The entrance is marked by a central Doric doorpiece, which is accessed by a short flight of steps, and there is a cornice blocking course above.

The villa has sash and case windows set within architraves, primarily with 12-pane glazing. The rear and side elevations are made of rubble, accented with ashlar quoins. A semi-extruded stairwell is present, and there are corniced stacks at the ends of the building.

Inside, the villa boasts a stone staircase with cast-iron balusters. The property is also complemented by fluted, capped gatepiers and boundary walls.

Local climate

Florentine House, 53 Hillhead 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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