Market Cross, High Street, Inverness is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 June 1981. Monument. 3 related planning applications.

Market Cross, High Street, Inverness

WRENN ID
gentle-pavement-mist
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 June 1981
Type
Monument
Address
Market Cross, High Street, Inverness, IV1 1JE
OS grid reference
NH 666 452
Coordinates
57.47746, -4.22492
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in High Street, Inverness, dates back to the late 16th century. It features a shaft that has undergone restoration and reconstruction by John Hinton Gall in 1900. The cross has a moulded base and sub-base made of blue and red granite, which is raised on three steps. Embedded in the base is a Clachnacuddin stone. At the top, there is a carved finial representing the Scottish unicorn, which supports the burgh arms, created by sculptor Andrew Davidson Rome.

Local climate

Market Cross, High Street, Inverness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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