Westshield is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971.
Westshield
- WRENN ID
- fallen-basalt-willow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke MP: Pamela Nash (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1971
- OS grid reference
- NS 945 493
- Coordinates
- 55.72562, -3.68019
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Westshield is a ruin, dated 1668. It is referenced in "Fortalices and Early Mansions of Scotland" by Nigel Tranter, page 103.
Local climate
Westshield sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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