Martyr's Monument, Gillespie Terrace, St Andrews is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Martyr's Monument, Gillespie Terrace, St Andrews

WRENN ID
little-wattle-dawn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
North East Fife MP: Wendy Chamberlain (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 February 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NO 506 170
Coordinates
56.34333, -2.80074
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Martyr's Monument, located on Gillespie Terrace in St Andrews, was built between 1842 and 1843 and designed by architect William Nixon. It features an obelisk with a squat early Georgian shape. At the base, there are segmental pediments adorned with keyblocks and swags.

Local climate

Martyr's Monument, Gillespie Terrace, St Andrews receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Bandstand, The Scores, St Andrews Grade B 37 m
  2. 1 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores, St Andrews Grade C 47 m
  3. 2 Gillespie, The Scores, St Andrews Grade C 50 m
  4. 3 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores, St Andrews Grade C 53 m
  5. 4 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores, St Andrews Grade C 53 m
  6. 5, 5A Gillespie Terrace, The Scores, St Andrews Grade C 59 m
  7. Grand Hotel and Hamiltion Hall, Gillespie Terrace, St Andrews Grade B 69 m
  8. 6 Gillespie Terrace, The Scores, St Andrews Grade B 70 m
  9. Ardgowan Hotel, 2 Playfair Terrace, St Andrews Grade B 117 m
  10. 3 Playfair Terrace, St Andrews Grade B 127 m