Blantyre Monument is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 June 1980. Monument.

Blantyre Monument

WRENN ID
rusted-niche-merlin
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Renfrewshire
Constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP: Alison Taylor (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
27 June 1980
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 441 719
Coordinates
55.91572, -4.49594
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Blantyre Monument is an obelisk designed by architect William Burn, standing 80 feet high on a square base. It was erected around 1825 as a memorial to the 11th Lord Blantyre. The monument appears to be in good condition.

Local climate

Blantyre Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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