Smollet Monument, Main Street, Renton is a Grade A listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 May 1971. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Smollet Monument, Main Street, Renton

WRENN ID
former-bonework-bramble
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
West Dunbartonshire
Constituency
West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 May 1971
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
NS 388 782
Coordinates
55.96966, -4.58426
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Smollet Monument, located on Main Street in Renton, was erected in 1774. It features an ashlar Tuscan column that stands on a square pedestal base approximately 60 inches tall, which is topped with an urn finial on a domed pedestal base. At the center of the base, there is a large marble inset that displays a long Latin inscription.

Local climate

Smollet Monument, Main Street, Renton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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