Mercat Cross, Kinrossie is a Grade B listed building in the Perth and Kinross local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971. Market cross. 1 related planning application.
Mercat Cross, Kinrossie
- WRENN ID
- rough-basalt-hazel
- 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
- Market cross
- Address
- Mercat Cross, Kinrossie, PH2 6HT
- OS grid reference
- NO 188 323
- Coordinates
- 56.47654, -3.31892
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Mercat Cross in Kinrossie, dated 1686, features a circular shaft that displays a shield bearing the emblem of St. Andrews. The cross is adorned with four volutes, each with decorative starts in relief, and is topped with a ball finial.
Local climate
Mercat Cross, Kinrossie sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 69 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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