West Church Of St Andrew, Union Street, Aberdeen is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 May 1977. Church. 3 related planning applications.

West Church Of St Andrew, Union Street, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen South MP: Douglas Lumsden (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
26 May 1977
Type
Church
Address
West Church Of St Andrew, Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6NP
OS grid reference
NJ 936 059
Coordinates
57.14397, -2.10674
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The West Church of St Andrew, located on Union Street in Aberdeen, was designed by James Matthews and completed in 1869. This building is an example of Gothic Revival architecture, featuring a nave and a steeple constructed from stugged ashlar with a slated roof. The exterior includes salient buttresses and tripartite pointed windows. Inside, the church has a galleried layout. Additionally, there is a Church Hall at the rear, accessible from Langstone Place.

Local climate

West Church Of St Andrew, Union Street, 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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