Burial Enclosure Of Admiral Knight, Jordanstone House is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Burial enclosure.
Burial Enclosure Of Admiral Knight, Jordanstone House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-soffit-plum
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- Type
- Burial enclosure
- OS grid reference
- NO 273 473
- Coordinates
- 56.61236, -3.18542
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The burial enclosure of Admiral John Knight, located at Jordanstone House, dates from around 1788. It is a straightforward structure built from rubble, featuring a low entry and a broad deep lintel. This lintel was replaced in 1889 by Colonel J. Keppel Knight, who added an inscription. Inside, there is a simple tomb slab that bears the inscription 'ADMIRAL JOHN KNIGHT/BORN 1710 DIED 1788'.
Local climate
Burial Enclosure Of Admiral Knight, Jordanstone House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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