Monument, High Street, Sanquhar is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 August 1987. Monument.

Monument, High Street, Sanquhar

WRENN ID
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Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 August 1987
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 783 097
Coordinates
55.36683, -3.92108
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The monument on High Street in Sanquhar was erected in 1864 by D J and H Newall of Dalbeattie, who were sculptors. It stands on the site of the old market cross and commemorates the Sanquhar declaration of 1680 and the Sanquhar protestation of 1685. The monument features a plain obelisk that rests on a broader, battered, stepped, and pedimented square base, all elevated on a bullfaced plinth. It is made of white granite and includes inscription panels.

Local climate

Monument, High Street, Sanquhar sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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