Selkirk Memorial, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 May 1981. Memorial.

Selkirk Memorial, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright

WRENN ID
silver-keystone-torch
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 May 1981
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
NX 684 510
Coordinates
54.83682, -4.04936
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Selkirk Memorial, located on St Mary Street in Kirkcudbright, was designed by J Aldam Heaton with sculpture work by Farmer and Brindley of London in 1885. This memorial honors Dunbar James, the Earl of Selkirk, who lived from April 22, 1808, to April 11, 1885. The structure features a 20-foot high wheel cross that incorporates designs from the Aberlemno and Kildalton crosses. It is made of silver grey granite sourced from the Kemnay quarries. The inscription reads, "Erected by Cecily Louisa, Countess of Selkirk, in loving memory of her husband, Dunbar James, Earl of Selkirk, born 22 April 1808; died 11 April 1885."

Local climate

Selkirk Memorial, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright 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 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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