War Memorial, Skirling is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 February 1971.

War Memorial, Skirling

WRENN ID
standing-belfry-claret
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
23 February 1971
OS grid reference
NT 076 393
Coordinates
55.63857, -3.46899
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The War Memorial in Skirling was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, an Associate of the Royal Academy.

Local climate

War Memorial, Skirling 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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