48-56 Quarry Street, Hamilton is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 May 1993. Tenement.

48-56 Quarry Street, Hamilton

WRENN ID
stubborn-lime-kestrel
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley MP: Imogen Walker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 May 1993
Type
Tenement
OS grid reference
NS 724 554
Coordinates
55.77545, -4.0348
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

48-56 Quarry Street is a three-storey, four-bay tenement building from the later 19th century, featuring shops on the ground floor. It is constructed of cream sandstone ashlar and has a slate roof. The building shares architectural details with 30-36 Quarry Street. Most of the windows have been replaced with modern versions that do not match the original character. The gable stack has been cut down, and there is an angle pilaster on the left side. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

48-56 Quarry Street, Hamilton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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