Kirkgate Walls, Linlithgow is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Wall.

Kirkgate Walls, Linlithgow

WRENN ID
drifting-niche-ochre
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
Wall
Address
Kirkgate Walls, Linlithgow, EH49 7AL
OS grid reference
NT 002 772
Coordinates
55.97779, -3.60085
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Kirkgate Walls in Linlithgow are constructed of cream sandstone rubble with ashlar coping. The west wall features a boarded gate located midway along Kirkgate, and there is a single cast-iron gate leading to the Palace lodge situated between the wall and the Palace gateway. The east wall is a low structure that includes a gateway to St Michael's church positioned between the Palace gateway and the wall. To the right of this wall, a series of plaques can be found, detailing the line of descent from Mary Queen of Scots to the present monarch.

Local climate

Kirkgate Walls, Linlithgow sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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