St George's Tron Parish Church, 163 Buchanan Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 July 1966. Church. 3 related planning applications.
St George's Tron Parish Church, 163 Buchanan Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- night-cupola-shade
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1966
- Type
- Church
- Address
- St George's Tron Parish Church, 163 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G1 2JX
- OS grid reference
- NS 590 654
- Coordinates
- 55.862, -4.25396
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St George's Tron Parish Church, located at 163 Buchanan Street in Glasgow, was designed by William Stark in 1807. This classical church features a polished ashlar exterior and has a rectangular plan with an eastern main entrance and a Baroque steeple.
The eastern vestibule section, which faces Buchanan Street, has three bays and is distinguished by four giant, semi-engaged Doric columns and a continuous plinth. The central entrance is consoled and corniced, flanked by similar windows, with a keyblocked lunette above. Rectangular stairlights are located on either side, and there is an eaves cornice along with a balustraded parapet in the outer bays. The north and south returns each have a single bay with altered consoled, corniced entrances featuring fanlights and a recessed, arched keyblocked window above. The side elevations are made of droved ashlar and are slightly recessed, with basement and margin-glazed windows at the ground and gallery levels.
The steeple is three stages high, with the first stage featuring a balustraded parapet and giant square angle pilasters. It has arched belfry openings with louvres and a plain entablature. The second stage also has a balustraded parapet, with four octagonal angle piers topped by obelisks, flanking a slender upper stage that includes arched louvred belfry openings and a plain entablature. The third stage has scrolled angle supports and a clock on each face, with a circular dwarf Doric colonnade surmounted by an obelisk.
The rear elevation consists of four bays, with the outer bays being blind. It features a simple gable pediment with a stack and two tall, narrow, round-headed windows, along with a low wing projecting from the central bays.
Inside, the church is galleried with slim cast-iron columns and has a flat ceiling with a shallow, transverse barrel vault beneath the gallery. A circular marble pulpit is also present.
Local climate
St George's Tron Parish Church, 163 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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