South West Gates, Dollar Academy is a Grade C listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 July 1974. Gate.

South West Gates, Dollar Academy

WRENN ID
scattered-vault-umber
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Clackmannanshire
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 July 1974
Type
Gate
OS grid reference
NS 960 980
Coordinates
56.16379, -3.6751
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The South West Gates of Dollar Academy date from around 1820 and have been chamfered later. They feature four square piers, with the larger ones adorned with simple ironwork.

Local climate

South West Gates, Dollar Academy sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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