Churchyard, Tarves Parish Church, Kirkbrae, Tarves is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. Enclosure. 1 related planning application.

Churchyard, Tarves Parish Church, Kirkbrae, Tarves

WRENN ID
sacred-cupola-sepia
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1984
Type
Enclosure
OS grid reference
NJ 869 311
Coordinates
57.37085, -2.21913
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The churchyard at Tarves Parish Church features a rubble-walled enclosure. It includes a Craig slab dating from 1583, along with a few 18th century stones, but the majority of the structure consists of Victorian and modern materials.

Local climate

Churchyard, Tarves Parish Church, Kirkbrae, Tarves receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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