Dr Alexander Marshall Monument, Howard Park, Howard Park Drive, Kilmarnock is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 August 2002. Memorial.

Dr Alexander Marshall Monument, Howard Park, Howard Park Drive, Kilmarnock

WRENN ID
turning-bastion-fog
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 August 2002
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
NS 424 372
Coordinates
55.60295, -4.50261
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Dr Alexander Marshall Monument, located in Howard Park, Kilmarnock, was erected in 1899 as a sandstone memorial. It features a stepped plinth and a square base adorned with attached columns and ball finials. A string course and panels are present, one of which bears the inscription: 'Alexander Marshall MD Born 17th February 1827 Died 16th April 1894. For 42 Years in practice in Kilmarnock. A Skilful Physician Devoted to Duty. This Memorial of a singularly pure and unselfish life of usefulness erected by public subscription 1896. To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.' The shaft of the monument is composed of four Corinthian attached columns with chamfered bases, topped by a short shaft that supports a statue of Hygeia, the Goddess of Health.

Local climate

Dr Alexander Marshall Monument, Howard Park, Howard Park Drive, Kilmarnock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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