1272, 1274, 1276, 1278 Argyle Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 July 1988. Tenement block. 3 related planning applications.
1272, 1274, 1276, 1278 Argyle Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- woven-window-woodpecker
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1988
- Type
- Tenement block
- Address
- 1272, 1274, 1276, 1278 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AA
- OS grid reference
- NS 568 660
- Coordinates
- 55.86663, -4.28958
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This building, located at 1272, 1274, 1276, and 1278 Argyle Street in Glasgow, dates from around 1870 and is a four-storey tenement block situated between Radnor Street and Clayslaps Street. It features ten unequal bays, with an eight-bay facade facing Radnor Street and a three-bay return to Clayslaps Street. The structure is made of yellow sandstone ashlar.
The ground floor includes shops, and some original shop front details remain, including moulded basket arches. Above the ground floor, there is a cornice. The first floor has wide canted outer and central bays. To the west of the center, there are four paired windows, while to the east, there are three windows, with the center window being blind. The canted windows have roll-moulded arrises and are topped with consoled cornices. There is a cill course and architraves on the second and third floors, with simple cornices on the second floor. The main cornice features modillions, and a balustraded parapet is present in pairs.
The facade facing Clayslaps Street has three simplified bays, while the Radnor Street side is symmetrical, with two canted center bays above the ground floor.
Local climate
1272, 1274, 1276, 1278 Argyle 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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