Balfour Monument, Blaikie Heugh is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Monument.
Balfour Monument, Blaikie Heugh
- WRENN ID
- haunted-window-winter
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lothian
- Constituency
- Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NT 575 729
- Coordinates
- 55.9478, -2.68121
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Balfour Monument, dated 1858, is located at Blaikie Heugh. It is an obelisk made of red sandstone ashlar, standing on a three-stepped plinth and a corniced pedestal. The monument features a memorial tablet dedicated to James Maitland Balfour, crafted from cream sandstone and adorned with an ornamented border. It was erected by the East Lothian and Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
Local climate
Balfour Monument, Blaikie Heugh receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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