Obelisk To Lord Dunglass, Park, The Hirsel is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971. Obelisk.
Obelisk To Lord Dunglass, Park, The Hirsel
- WRENN ID
- ghost-frieze-vermeil
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1971
- Type
- Obelisk
- OS grid reference
- NT 820 413
- Coordinates
- 55.66536, -2.28737
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The obelisk dedicated to Lord Dunglass is located in the park at The Hirsel. It commemorates Alexander, the 9th Earl of Home, and his son William, Lord Dunglass, who died at the age of 24 from wounds sustained at the battle of Guildford in America. The inscription on the obelisk reflects this memorial purpose.
Local climate
Obelisk To Lord Dunglass, Park, The Hirsel receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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