Mercat Cross, Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow is a Grade C listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 April 1974. Monument.

Mercat Cross, Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow

WRENN ID
ragged-chimney-foxglove
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Rutherglen MP: Michael Shanks (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 April 1974
Type
Monument
Address
Mercat Cross, Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow, G73 2JJ
OS grid reference
NS 614 616
Coordinates
55.82847, -4.21346
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Mercat Cross on Main Street in Rutherglen, Glasgow, was built around 1926 and is based on the design of the original Rutherglen mercat cross. It features a column that is raised on a circular, multi-stepped base and is constructed of red ashlar stone.

Local climate

Mercat Cross, Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow 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 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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