Old Fochabers is a Grade C listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Market cross.
Old Fochabers
- WRENN ID
- waning-stone-thrush
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1971
- Type
- Market cross
- OS grid reference
- NJ 347 592
- Coordinates
- 57.61828, -3.09343
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Old Fochabers is a well-preserved market cross made of ashlar stone, dating from before 1769. It stands approximately 12 feet high and is designed in the form of a Tuscan column with a shallow square capital. The cross is located in the grounds of Gordon Castle, near the north wall of the walled garden.
Local climate
Old Fochabers sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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