Skene Street Congregational Church, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 2 March 1990. Church.
Skene Street Congregational Church, Aberdeen
- WRENN ID
- old-pedestal-jay
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeen City
- Constituency
- Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 2 March 1990
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NJ 932 061
- Coordinates
- 57.14658, -2.11296
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Skene Street Congregational Church is a later 19th century church with a temple-fronted rectangular plan, located on a corner site in Aberdeen. Its architectural style shows the influence of Alexander Thomson and "Thomsonesque" buildings found in the west. The church is constructed of granite, with a temple front facing Skene Street and a rock-faced podium. It features giant Ionic pilasters that support the main entablature, along with pilaster-mullioned 2-light windows arranged in two tiers behind the giant order. There are shallow-recessed porches on either side, tall windows on the flanks, and a deep frieze facing Esslemont Avenue, complemented by an iron-railed boundary with the street. A vestry door also opens onto Esslemont Avenue, and there is a tall apse at the rear. The building is topped with a slate roof.
Local climate
Skene Street Congregational Church, Aberdeen receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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