Market Cross, High Street, Rothesay, Bute is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 April 1971. Market cross. 2 related planning applications.

Market Cross, High Street, Rothesay, Bute

WRENN ID
stubborn-marble-magpie
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Argyll and Bute
Constituency
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
2 April 1971
Type
Market cross
Address
Market Cross, High Street, Rothesay, Bute, PA20 9AU
OS grid reference
NS 088 645
Coordinates
55.83593, -5.05434
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in Rothesay, Bute, is a 20th-century structure made of red sandstone ashlar. It stands on a base that consists of seven octagonal ashlar steps.

Local climate

Market Cross, High Street, Rothesay, Bute sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,780 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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