Market Cross, The Square, Cumnock is a Grade A listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Market Cross, The Square, Cumnock

WRENN ID
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Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Monument
Address
Market Cross, The Square, Cumnock, KA18 1BG
OS grid reference
NS 567 201
Coordinates
55.45403, -4.26619
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in The Square, Cumnock, dates back to 1703 and was repaired in 1778. Originally located at Townhead, it features a five-step base and a square shaft with splayed angles. The top is finished with a moulded termination that supports a square stone sundial and a ball finial. Two sides of the sundial are decorated with the arms of the Crightons and the dates. The structure was repaired again in 1944 and 1955.

Local climate

Market Cross, The Square, Cumnock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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