Memorial To William Nicholson, Borgue is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1990. Memorial.
Memorial To William Nicholson, Borgue
- WRENN ID
- grim-garret-ebony
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1990
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- NX 629 485
- Coordinates
- 54.81261, -4.13347
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The memorial to William Nicholson, dating from around 1920, features a rock-faced granite surround that frames a bronze panel. This panel includes a bas relief portrait of the poet William Nicholson, who lived from 1783 to 1849. The memorial is located in the western boundary wall of Borgue School, near the gate.
Local climate
Memorial To William Nicholson, Borgue sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- 1 James Nicholson Memorial in General Cemetery
- 2 Nicholson monument approximately 3 metres south of the west end of Church of St Nicholas
- 3 Monument to Peter Nicholson, North West of Cemetery Chapel
- 4 Nicholson Monument Approximately 3.5 Metres to South of St Michael's Church
- 5 Tombstone of Sir Charles Nicholson and family
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