Equestrian Statue, High Street, Hawick is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971. Statue.
Equestrian Statue, High Street, Hawick
- WRENN ID
- rusted-terrace-yew
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1971
- Type
- Statue
- OS grid reference
- NT 504 147
- Coordinates
- 55.42449, -2.78478
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The equestrian statue located on High Street in Hawick was created by William Francis Beattie in 1914 and completed by his father, Thomas Beattie, in 1921. This prominent bronze statue depicts a mounted standard bearer at a critical junction in the town center, set on an oval-plan stone pedestal.
The statue features the standard bearer sitting astride a horse, holding an unfurled flag aloft in his right hand. The horse is depicted with its right foreleg raised and its head bowed.
The pedestal has a deep plinth, a base course, and a cornice. On the front side, there is an inscription that reads "TERIBUS YE TERIODIN" with the date 1514 above it, along with a plaque displaying the town coat of arms. Additional inscriptions can be found on the sides.
Local climate
Equestrian Statue, High Street, Hawick 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 greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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