Market Cross, The Square, Cockburnspath is a Grade A listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971. Cross. 1 related planning application.

Market Cross, The Square, Cockburnspath

WRENN ID
frozen-vestry-holly
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 June 1971
Type
Cross
OS grid reference
NT 774 710
Coordinates
55.93243, -2.36283
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross in The Square, Cockburnspath, features an irregularly stepped base made up of three tiers. The shaft of the cross is splayed at angles, and the cross-head is adorned with a carved thistle in relief on each side.

Local climate

Market Cross, The Square, Cockburnspath receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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