Earl Of Angus, Monument To James, Douglas is a Grade A listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971. Monument.
Earl Of Angus, Monument To James, Douglas
- WRENN ID
- north-stronghold-lark
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1971
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- NS 834 309
- Coordinates
- 55.55831, -3.84907
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The monument to James, Earl of Angus, was sculpted by Thomas Brock and erected in 1892. It features an ashlar plinth with an inscription, which stands on a stepped bullfaced ashlar base. Atop the plinth is a bronze statue of James, Earl of Angus. The east face of the plinth displays the Cameronian badge, and the monument is enclosed by spear-head iron railings.
Local climate
Earl Of Angus, Monument To James, Douglas sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% 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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