Sundial, Skirling House is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 July 1974. Sundial.
Sundial, Skirling House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-wicket-evening
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1974
- Type
- Sundial
- OS grid reference
- NT 076 389
- Coordinates
- 55.63508, -3.46891
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Skirling House features two pedestal-type sundials. One sundial is dated 1793 and is said to have originated from Chiefswood House in Melrose, while the other sundial comes from Castlecraig.
Local climate
Sundial, Skirling House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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