West Parish Church, High Street, Banchory is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 November 1980. Church. 2 related planning applications.

West Parish Church, High Street, Banchory

WRENN ID
dusted-sandstone-hawthorn
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 November 1980
Type
Church
Address
West Parish Church, High Street, Banchory, AB31 5TB
OS grid reference
NO 694 957
Coordinates
57.05175, -2.50527
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

West Parish Church in Banchory is a large, oblong building designed in the Gothic style, specifically the first pointed style. It features a 100-foot high baronial bell tower topped with a broach spire. The church is constructed from red rubble with white dressings and was built between 1879 and 1885.

Local climate

West Parish Church, High Street, Banchory receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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