Dunnottar Church is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 August 1972. Church.

Dunnottar Church

WRENN ID
floating-fireplace-falcon
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 August 1972
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NO 862 851
Coordinates
56.95778, -2.22711
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dunnottar Church is an oblong Gothic building featuring a belfry. It was originally constructed in 1782, extended in 1862, and remodeled into a cruciform shape in 1903. The architect for the church was G P K Young from Perth.

Local climate

Dunnottar Church receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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