South African War Memorial, Burns Statue Square, Ayr is a Grade B listed building in the South Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 January 1980. Memorial.

South African War Memorial, Burns Statue Square, Ayr

WRENN ID
guardian-jamb-solstice
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Ayrshire
Constituency
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock MP: Elaine Stewart (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
10 January 1980
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
NS 339 213
Coordinates
55.45796, -4.62785
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The South African War Memorial, located in Burns Statue Square in Ayr, was created by sculptor Thomas Brock in 1902. It features a square-plan plinth made of granite, with a bronze relief panel on the eastern face. The memorial has a cornice and is topped with a bronze figure that faces east.

Local climate

South African War Memorial, 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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