Marker Post, Ballater Crescent, Wishaw is a Grade C listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 2001. Marker post.

Marker Post, Ballater Crescent, Wishaw

WRENN ID
grim-lintel-wax
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
North Lanarkshire
Constituency
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke MP: Pamela Nash (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 2001
Type
Marker post
OS grid reference
NS 799 561
Coordinates
55.78398, -3.91606
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This mid 19th century estate boundary marker post is made of dressed sandstone and features a three-section octagonal column. It has an octagonal base and a conical capital, with an enlarged reverse cavetto dentil moulded necking. The post is topped with a slightly projected conical cap and stands approximately 1.5 metres tall. On the west side, there are remains of boundary cast-iron railings.

Local climate

Marker Post, Ballater Crescent, Wishaw sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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