Mercat Cross, Old Town, Galashiels is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1971. Monument.

Mercat Cross, Old Town, Galashiels

WRENN ID
hollow-thatch-thrush
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 March 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NT 492 357
Coordinates
55.6129, -2.8069
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Mercat Cross in the Old Town of Galashiels dates back to 1695 and has undergone restorations in 1887 and 1987. It features a corniced octagonal shaft made of red sandstone, topped with a squared ball finial sundial. This is set on a three-stage stepped and shouldered base plinth. Additionally, there are bronze plaques from the 1930s created by George Hope Tait.

Local climate

Mercat Cross, Old Town, Galashiels 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 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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