Earl Of Stair's Monument, Newhailes, Musselburgh is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Monument.

Earl Of Stair's Monument, Newhailes, Musselburgh

WRENN ID
hollow-hearth-grain
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 January 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NT 325 726
Coordinates
55.94241, -3.08081
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Earl of Stair's Monument is an ashlar obelisk dated 1746 and restored in 1907. It stands on an inscribed and corniced pedestal, which is set upon a rock-faced base. The monument is located in woodland to the north of Newhailes House. It features a Latin inscription in memory of John, 2nd Earl of Stair, who served as second in command to George II at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. There is also a bronze plaque that notes the recarving of the pedestal in 1907 for Sir Charles Dalrymple, Baronet.

Local climate

Earl Of Stair's Monument, Newhailes, Musselburgh receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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