Thomson's Monument, Ferneyhill is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 March 1971. Monument.
Thomson's Monument, Ferneyhill
- WRENN ID
- floating-gable-foxglove
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NT 734 362
- Coordinates
- 55.61925, -2.42266
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Thomson's Monument at Ferneyhill is dedicated to James Thomson, the author of "The Seasons," who was born in Ednam on September 11, 1700. The monument was erected between 1819 and 1820.
Local climate
Thomson's Monument, Ferneyhill receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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 sale records on file
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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Joseph Thomson Monument, East Morton Street, Thornhill
- 2 Monument to James Thompson, Dulwich Old Burial Ground
- 3 Thomson Tomb in the Churchyard of Church of St. Mary, About 8 Metres South of West End of Nave
- 4 Earl Of Angus, Monument To James, Douglas
- 5 Monument to Peter Thomson, Kensal Green Cemetery
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