Carbrain Totem, near Glenhove Road, Cumbernauld is a Grade C listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 March 2017. Sculpture.
Carbrain Totem, near Glenhove Road, Cumbernauld
- WRENN ID
- worn-spindle-umber
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch MP: Katrina Murray (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 13 March 2017
- Type
- Sculpture
- OS grid reference
- NS 764 747
- Coordinates
- 55.95015, -3.97962
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Carbrain Totem, located near Glenhove Road in Cumbernauld, is a monolith designed by Brian Miller in 1966. This sculpture is made of in situ cast concrete and has a square plan. It stands 4.6 meters tall and features a swirling pattern relief on its lower section, with extruded tubes on the upper section. The totem is positioned on a hard standing pedestrian pathway system situated between a dual carriageway and a housing area.
Local climate
Carbrain Totem, near Glenhove Road, Cumbernauld 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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