Designating First Hampden pavilion, Glasgow

From 26 February 2026 to 19 March 2026, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) sought views on a proposal to schedule the remains of the First Hampden Pavilion, Kinglsey Gardens, Glasgow.

The monument comprises the buried remains of the pavilion (built 1878) for First Hampden football ground (1873-83). It survives as the buried remains of the structure, represented by foundations and demolition material, with associated finds. It lies at what was the north-northwestern corner of the football ground constructed in 1873 for Queen's Park Football Club. The monument is located in Kingsley Gardens public park in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow.

Archaeological investigations in 2021 found buried evidence for the remains of the pavilion. Investigation of the pavilion area yielded brick and stone foundations and an assemblage of related finds.

The monument is of national importance because it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the past as the remains of a key structure that formed part of the first purpose-built football ground in Scotland. The buried remains of the pavilion is an extremely rare survivor and represents the earliest known surviving remains of a structure constructed as part of a purpose-built football ground in Scotland. It survives as a monument to Scotland’s oldest football team that helped shape the modern game.

Through Citizen Space, we invited members of the public to tell us if they agreed with the proposed designation and if they had further comments to make.

We consulted directly with Glasgow City Council as the owners and planning authority.

Our selection guidance for designation and the policies we work to are published in the Designations Policy and Selection Guidance document. 

We received a total of 130 responses and 102 detailed responses to our online survey.

Around 98% of people who responded strongly agreed or agreed with the designation proposal and only one respondent strongly disagreed. Two respondents did not select a level of agreement/disagreement.

We have reported in more detail on the consultation in our Report on Handling, which can be downloaded from the Heritage Portal or from the bottom of this page.

Comments from the online survey are published in full (where we have appropriate permissions).

All of the relevant reports can be downloaded from the bottom of this page.

We have collated all the responses and published them (according to GDPR permissions) here. We have reviewed all the responses and made a few minor edits to the descriptive and narrative sections of our report, based on consultation feedback. These small changes are highlighted in the Consultation section of our Report on Handling. We have decided to designate the site as a scheduled monument.