Burns Monument, Burns Statue Square, Ayr is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Burns Monument, Burns Statue Square, Ayr
- WRENN ID
- wild-pedestal-coral
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Burns Monument, Burns Statue Square, Ayr, KA7 1SU
- OS grid reference
- NS 338 213
- Coordinates
- 55.45814, -4.62867
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Burns Monument, located in Burns Statue Square in Ayr, was created by sculptor George A Lawson in 1892, with architectural design by James A Morris. The monument features a stepped plinth made of Aberdeen granite, which is square in shape. Each face of the plinth has bronze relief tablets that depict four different scenes. A pulvinated frieze runs around the monument, and it is topped with a bronze figure of Robert Burns, who is facing south. The site is enclosed by replacement grey iron railings in a circular plan.
Local climate
Burns Monument, Burns Statue Square, Ayr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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