Weather Vane, Cawderstanes is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 January 2000. Weather vane.

Weather Vane, Cawderstanes

WRENN ID
swift-stronghold-ash
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
24 January 2000
Type
Weather vane
OS grid reference
NT 941 530
Coordinates
55.77068, -2.09466
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The weather vane at Cawderstanes is likely from the late 19th century. It is made of stugged pink sandstone and has a square plan. The structure features a stepped pedestal and a tapering square shaft with crenellated detail at the base. Above the shaft are carved motifs, although some are missing on the southwest side. Sculptured animal faces, which are also missing on the southwest side, are positioned above the carved chains that drape from the angles. These chains are suspended from clenched heraldic gauntlets located beneath a carved wreath frieze. At the top, there is an iron weather vane that sits on a circular cap, which is partially missing.

Local climate

Weather Vane, Cawderstanes receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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