John Taylor Monument, Wallacetown Cemetery, Whitletts Road, Ayr is a Grade C listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 February 1971. Monument.
John Taylor Monument, Wallacetown Cemetery, Whitletts Road, Ayr
- WRENN ID
- outer-sill-hawk
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ayrshire
- Constituency
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NS 343 223
- Coordinates
- 55.46713, -4.62171
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The John Taylor Monument, located in Wallacetown Cemetery on Whitletts Road in Ayr, was erected in 1850. It features a stepped plinth and an egg and dart frieze, with a figure of John Taylor positioned on top, facing west. There is an inscription on the west face of the monument. Surrounding the statue is a low coped boundary wall topped with iron railings.
Local climate
John Taylor Monument, Wallacetown Cemetery, Whitletts Road, 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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