Greyfriars Bobby Fountain, George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 April 1977. Fountain.

Greyfriars Bobby Fountain, George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
endless-rafter-sorrel
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 April 1977
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NT 256 732
Coordinates
55.94693, -3.19133
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Greyfriars Bobby Fountain, located on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh, was designed by William Brodie and completed in 1873. It features a life-size bronze statue of a terrier, which stands on a cylindrical plinth made of red granite. At the base, there is an octagonal basin, and above it, a higher circular basin. The fountain also includes bronze plaques with inscriptions.

Local climate

Greyfriars Bobby Fountain, George Iv Bridge, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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