Robert Smillie Memorial Park Gate, Gallowhill Road, Larkhall is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 1998. Gate.

Robert Smillie Memorial Park Gate, Gallowhill Road, Larkhall

WRENN ID
tangled-bracket-sedge
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Hamilton and Clyde Valley MP: Imogen Walker (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 March 1998
Type
Gate
OS grid reference
NS 762 508
Coordinates
55.73556, -3.97315
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Robert Smillie Memorial Park Gate, located on Gallowhill Road in Larkhall, dates from the later 19th century. It serves as the entrance to Robert Smillie Park and features a pointed arch at the center, topped with crenellations. On either side, there are circular-plan crenellated towers, each with segmental-arched pedestrian gateways at the base and a decorative trefoil motif. The gate is flanked by low crenellated walls that have blind slits and low crenellated circular-plan terminals. The structure is made of stugged cream sandstone ashlar, with a polished central arch ring and dressings. A marble commemorative plaque is located on the left-hand tower.

Local climate

Robert Smillie Memorial Park Gate, Gallowhill Road, Larkhall 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 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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