Monument To Antoine De La Bastie is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 March 1997. Monument.
Monument To Antoine De La Bastie
- WRENN ID
- lesser-obsidian-falcon
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1997
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NT 804 565
- Coordinates
- 55.80189, -2.31341
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Monument to Antoine De La Bastie is a 19th-century structure that was re-erected in 1975. It features a square-plan, slightly-tapering column made of ashlar stone, with a base course and swept coping that has a narrow frieze with studs. Above this is a tall pedestal, which has an embossed cross on each of its four faces. The monument is topped with a cornice and a drum that has a carved cap.
On the southeast face, there is an inscription that reads: "In Memory of Antoine de la Bastie, a French knight who had been appointed ward of the Marches instead of Lord Home treacherously beheaded in Edinburgh. De la Bastie and his troops met Home of Wedderburn and his clan near Langton and Home accused him of being accessary to the slaughter of his chief. A fight ensued; the French were defeated and de la Bastie slain and buried at this spot and a cairn raised over the grave by order of Patrick Home of Broomhouse ad 1517 RIP."
Additionally, there is a bronze plaque below the inscription that states: "Re-erected 1975 by Berwickshire Civic Society."
Local climate
Monument To Antoine De La Bastie receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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