Exedra, Traquair House is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 August 2003. Exedra.

Exedra, Traquair House

WRENN ID
pale-baluster-blackthorn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 August 2003
Type
Exedra
OS grid reference
NT 329 353
Coordinates
55.60751, -3.0654
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Exedra at Traquair House was built around 1738 for Charles Stuart, the 4th Earl of Traquair, also known as the 10th Laird. It underwent remodelling in the mid-19th century. The structure features a pair of arched walls made of random rubble that end in cylindrical piers, which were originally topped with statues. These walls and piers now have very thin flat copes that are turfed and seeding.

On the northeast elevation, the pair of arched rubble walls flank the end of the formal avenue and overlook the Wineglass Lawn. Each pier was formerly topped with a classical statue of a draped nude female, but only the statue on the northwest pier of the south exedra remains.

Local climate

Exedra, Traquair House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 65 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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