Market Cross, Bank Street, Alloa is a Grade B listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 June 1972. Cross.

Market Cross, Bank Street, Alloa

WRENN ID
knotted-obsidian-harvest
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Clackmannanshire
Constituency
Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 June 1972
Type
Cross
Address
Market Cross, Bank Street, Alloa, FK10 1HP
OS grid reference
NS 885 926
Coordinates
56.11389, -3.79376
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross on Bank Street in Alloa is a 17th-century structure that has been reconstructed and restored, though it is not located at its original site. The capital of the cross features decorative scrolls.

Local climate

Market Cross, Bank Street, Alloa sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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