The White Stone, Peebles is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971. Landmark.

The White Stone, Peebles

WRENN ID
night-iron-plover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 February 1971
Type
Landmark
OS grid reference
NT 257 403
Coordinates
55.65102, -3.18182
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The White Stone in Peebles is a large quartz rock, approximately 1 meter in diameter, set into a recess in the wall of Whitestone Park. There is a metal plaque located to the right of the stone.

Local climate

The White Stone, Peebles sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% 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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