Statue Of Sir Walter Scott, Market Place, Selkirk is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1971. Memorial. 1 related planning application.
Statue Of Sir Walter Scott, Market Place, Selkirk
- WRENN ID
- drifting-buttress-autumn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1971
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- NT 469 284
- Coordinates
- 55.54711, -2.84155
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Statue of Sir Walter Scott, located in the Market Place of Selkirk, was designed by Alexander Handyside Ritchie in 1839, with later alterations made by Dick Peddie and Walker Todd in 1932, which included a new base. The statue features a square-plan base and a two-stage pedestal, with the second stage having a battered design adorned with leaf and dart motifs and a cornice. The statue itself is a full-height figure, possibly made of painted ashlar.
On the northwest elevation at the base, there is a plaque commemorating the centenary of Sir Walter Scott from 1832 to 1932, which was unveiled by the Duke of Buccleuch. The first stage of the pedestal is carved with the original commemoration from when the statue was erected. The second stage features a panel with a winged lute and the word "Waverley" carved into a ribbon. The statue depicts Scott robed as a Sheriff in a contraposto stance, holding a stick.
The northeast elevation of the first stage includes a Selkirk motif, while both stages of the southeast elevation are decorated with wreaths. The southwest elevation features a heraldic emblem of Scott on the first stage and a wreath above on the second stage.
Local climate
Statue Of Sir Walter Scott, Market Place, Selkirk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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