Minto War Memorial is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 September 2008. War memorial.

Minto War Memorial

WRENN ID
sleeping-stronghold-khaki
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 September 2008
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
NT 565 200
Coordinates
55.47273, -2.68813
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Minto War Memorial, designed by Thomas J Clapperton in 1925, features a bronze statue of a First World War soldier. The soldier is depicted in a helmet and greatcoat, standing guard with a bayonet. The statue is mounted on a rugged stone plinth that includes boulders and two commemorative bronze plaques at its base. The memorial is set within a memorial garden.

Local climate

Minto War Memorial receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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