Gate Piers, Old Montrose is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Gatepiers.
Gate Piers, Old Montrose
- WRENN ID
- white-chimney-storm
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Gatepiers
- OS grid reference
- NO 671 572
- Coordinates
- 56.70573, -2.53794
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The gate piers at Old Montrose are a pair of circular piers made of V-jointed ashlar stone, standing 9 feet high. They feature a moulded base and cornice, topped with conical heads. These piers date back to the 17th century.
Local climate
Gate Piers, Old Montrose sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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