Old Parish Church, Newhills is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Church.

Old Parish Church, Newhills

WRENN ID
former-vestry-evening
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Constituency
Aberdeen North MP: Kirsty Blackman (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NJ 871 094
Coordinates
57.17587, -2.21381
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Parish Church in Newhills is a ruin dating from 1663. It has a long rectangular shape built from rubble, featuring chamfered openings. At the west end, there is the base of a bellcote. The east end has joist holes for a gallery, and the north wall is largely demolished. The church was renovated by Aberdeen County Council and has a bell from 1778.

Local climate

Old Parish Church, Newhills 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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