Market Cross, Drumlanrig Street, Thornhill is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Market cross.

Market Cross, Drumlanrig Street, Thornhill

WRENN ID
floating-stronghold-alder
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Market cross
OS grid reference
NX 878 954
Coordinates
55.24072, -3.76491
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross on Drumlanrig Street in Thornhill was possibly designed by James Smith and was erected in 1714. It is made of red ashlar stone and features a single fluted Ionic column with a swagged capital that supports a lead figure of Pegasus. The column is raised on a panelled octagonal drum base and a stepped plinth.

Local climate

Market Cross, Drumlanrig Street, Thornhill 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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