Monument, Old Bleaching Green, Dunblane is a Grade C listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 October 1976. Monument.

Monument, Old Bleaching Green, Dunblane

WRENN ID
waning-flagstone-mint
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 October 1976
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NN 781 012
Coordinates
56.18859, -3.96533
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The monument at Old Bleaching Green in Dunblane was built in 1842. It features a plain, cylindrical column standing on a broad plinth with a domed cap. The column is inscribed with the words, "IN 1842 HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS GAVE A LEASE OF THIS GRASS YARD OF DUNBLANE AS A BLEACHING GREEN FOR THE INHABITANTS."

Local climate

Monument, Old Bleaching Green, Dunblane 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 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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