Market Cross, Market Square, Duns is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971. Cross. 2 related planning applications.
Market Cross, Market Square, Duns
- WRENN ID
- lone-rubblework-azure
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1971
- Type
- Cross
- Address
- Market Cross, Market Square, Duns, TD11 3BX
- OS grid reference
- NT 785 538
- Coordinates
- 55.77779, -2.3435
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Market Cross in Market Square, Duns, dates back to the 18th century and has been dismantled and re-erected at various times. It is constructed from red sandstone, with some replacement stones, and features a modern cream sandstone block plinth and a red sandstone surround. The cross consists of a single Roman Doric column that stands on a panelled pedestal. Above this, a triglyph frieze supports an overhanging cornice stone adorned with guttae. The entire structure is topped with a cubic sundial and an acorn finial.
Local climate
Market Cross, Market Square, Duns 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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