Monument To Earl Grey, West Craigs Farm is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 October 1988. Monument.
Monument To Earl Grey, West Craigs Farm
- WRENN ID
- solitary-brick-owl
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NY 259 787
- Coordinates
- 55.09733, -3.1613
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Monument to Earl Grey at West Craigs Farm was built in 1832 to commemorate the passing of the Reform Act. It features a tall, thin upright slab with a curved top, which is set on a square base surrounded by iron railings. The monument is made of red ashlar stone.
Local climate
Monument To Earl Grey, West Craigs Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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