Echt Parish Church is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Church. 2 related planning applications.

Echt Parish Church

WRENN ID
forbidden-sill-holly
Grade
A
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 739 056
Coordinates
57.14114, -2.43273
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Echt Parish Church was built in 1804 by William and Andrew Clerk and features a Gothick style. The church has a rectangular shape with four windows and is harled with margins. It retains its original glazing and has a fluted centre pilaster along with a high piend roof. The west front has three bays, with the centre bay being advanced and featuring an elliptical window, a curved gablet, and a bellcote. There is a later addition of a session house.

Inside, the church has an original gallery supported by Doric columns, which display coats of arms. There is a laird's pew with a balustraded top, and the interior also includes a St. Machar-type ceiling, a pulpit, a lectern, and a communion table designed by Dr. William Kelly in 1930. The church houses a Stainbank bell from 1868.

Local climate

Echt Parish Church receives an average of 860 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 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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