Queensberry Monument, Queensbury Square, Dumfries is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 July 1961. Monument.

Queensberry Monument, Queensbury Square, Dumfries

WRENN ID
crooked-crypt-quill
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 July 1961
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NX 972 761
Coordinates
55.06914, -3.61082
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Queensberry Monument, designed by Robert Adam in 1780, is a memorial column dedicated to the 3rd Duke of Queensberry, who died in 1778. Originally commissioned by Thomas Boyd, the monument was first located in Queensberry Square but was re-erected in 1934 in front of the County Buildings, under the supervision of Alexander Crombie. The monument features a tall circular column topped with a stiff-leafed capital and a gilded flambeau urn finial. It stands on a square pedestal with a stepped base, showcasing a stucco relief on the west face, an inscription panel on the south side, and ram's heads at the corners.

Local climate

Queensberry Monument, Queensbury Square, Dumfries sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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