Burgh Cross, Canongate, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Cross.

Burgh Cross, Canongate, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
veiled-nave-amber
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Cross
Address
Burgh Cross, Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD
OS grid reference
NT 264 738
Coordinates
55.95168, -3.17905
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Burgh Cross in Canongate, Edinburgh, was restored in 1888. It features an octagonal shape with a tall, narrow shaft that likely dates back to the 16th century. The base and podium are later additions, also in an octagonal design. The capital and cross head were added during the 1888 restoration. There is a cast-iron plaque facing Canongate that displays a stags head emblem.

Local climate

Burgh Cross, Canongate, 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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