Market Cross, Main Street, Longforgan is a Grade A listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Column. 1 related planning application.

Market Cross, Main Street, Longforgan

WRENN ID
long-buttress-gold
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Perth and Kinross
Constituency
Perth and Kinross-shire MP: Pete Wishart (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 October 1971
Type
Column
OS grid reference
NO 310 300
Coordinates
56.45717, -3.11996
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in Longforgan is a structure from the later 17th century made of sandstone. It features a slim column with a Corinthian capital, which stands on a square pedestal that has a cornice. The pedestal is supported by a wide octagonal base and is topped with a lion.

Local climate

Market Cross, Main Street, Longforgan receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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