Alford Parish West Church, Mansefield is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Church.
Alford Parish West Church, Mansefield
- WRENN ID
- narrow-paling-martin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NJ 553 161
- Coordinates
- 57.23357, -2.74058
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Alford Parish West Church, located in Mansefield, was built in 1804 and extended in 1826. The church originally featured a round-arched design inspired by Kildrummy, complete with a bow staircase at the rear. The 1826 extension included the addition of a third south window. The exterior is harled with margins and has a bellcote on the west gable. Inside, there is a gallery supported by Doric columns. The church also has notable exterior wall monuments and tablets, including those for George Melvil from 1678, Mary Forbes (the Balfluig Monument) from 1725, which is elaborately panel framed with heavy mouldings and flanked by figures with labels, a winged putto on top, and a relief cadaver below, as well as a monument for William Badenach from 1746.
Local climate
Alford Parish West Church, Mansefield receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 66 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 45 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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