Horse Trough, Mcfarlane Road, Bearsden is a Grade C listed building in the East Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 April 2002. Horse trough.

Horse Trough, Mcfarlane Road, Bearsden

WRENN ID
sombre-pilaster-elder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
East Dunbartonshire
Constituency
Mid Dunbartonshire MP: Susan Murray (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 April 2002
Type
Horse trough
OS grid reference
NS 549 711
Coordinates
55.91178, -4.32232
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The horse trough located on Mcfarlane Road in Bearsden was built in 1897 and relocated to its current site in 1973. It is made of pink and grey marble and features a rectangular basin set on a shaped plinth. The plinth is inscribed with the words 'UNDER THE AUSPICES OF GLASGOW AND W OF SCOT SPCA 1897'. Above the basin, there is a moulded splash panel that is inscribed with 'CA CANNY'. Additionally, there is a metal plaque that records the trough's relocation.

Local climate

Horse Trough, Mcfarlane Road, Bearsden sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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