Market Cross, Crawford is a Grade B listed building in the South Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1971.

Market Cross, Crawford

WRENN ID
former-wattle-jackdaw
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
South Lanarkshire
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1971
OS grid reference
NS 952 210
Coordinates
55.47216, -3.65832
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Market Cross at Crawford is a late medieval or post-medieval structure. The lower shaft of the cross may be original, but the upper section is now missing. It is documented in "Scottish Market Crosses" by J.W. Small, plate 98.

Local climate

Market Cross, Crawford sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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