Meridian Pillars, Brisbane House is a Grade B listed building in the North Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 August 1985.
Meridian Pillars, Brisbane House
- WRENN ID
- narrow-pilaster-weasel
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- North Ayrshire
- Constituency
- North Ayrshire and Arran MP: Irene Campbell (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1985
- OS grid reference
- NS 208 616
- Coordinates
- 55.81453, -4.86096
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a circa 1808 cylindrical meridian pillar constructed of rubble. The exterior is harled, with a pointed stone for sighting positioned on the north side. It has a flat ashlar cap with a pierced upright triangular stone above. Erected by Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane for astronomical observation, it is connected to three other meridian pillars near Waterside Street in Largs, and a former observatory which has since been demolished. The statutory address is Brisbane Mains Meridian Pillar.
Local climate
Meridian Pillars, Brisbane House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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