Obelisk Gate, Staneyhill Tower is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971.

Obelisk Gate, Staneyhill Tower

WRENN ID
crooked-gallery-heron
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
OS grid reference
NT 094 785
Coordinates
55.99143, -3.45378
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Obelisk Gate, at Staneyhill Tower, dates to the 17th century. It consists of square piers topped with pyramidal caps, each with a ball finial. The gate is situated at the eastern end of an avenue leading to Stoney Hill House.

Local climate

Obelisk Gate, Staneyhill Tower receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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