Mercat Cross, The Square, Greenlaw is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971.
Mercat Cross, The Square, Greenlaw
- WRENN ID
- third-loft-summer
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1971
- OS grid reference
- NT 711 460
- Coordinates
- 55.70692, -2.46078
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Mercat Cross stands on village green in front of the Court House. It comprises three steps leading to a pedestal, supporting a round shaft with a Corinthian capital. Atop the capital stands a lion holding a shield bearing the coat of arms of the Marchmont family in its paws. The cross is believed to have been erected in 1829. It is designated a Scheduled Monument. Further information can be found in Scottish Market Crosses by J.W. Small, plate 86.
Local climate
Mercat Cross, The Square, Greenlaw 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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