St Drostan's Episcopal Church, Commerce Street, Insch is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984. 4 related planning applications.

St Drostan's Episcopal Church, Commerce Street, Insch

WRENN ID
stubborn-brick-starling
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1984
Address
St Drostan's Episcopal Church, Commerce Street, Insch, AB52 6JB
OS grid reference
NJ 630 280
Coordinates
57.34149, -2.61594
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Drostan's Episcopal Church, built in 1894, is a simple lancet-style building designed by Alexander Ross of Inverness. The church comprises a nave with a porch, a roof-riding broach spired wooden bellcote, and a chancel. The exterior is constructed of snecked red granite with sandstone dressings, and has a flat red tile roof. Key features include a font dating from 1892 and a screen added in 1904. The church remains in continuous ecclesiastical use.

Local climate

St Drostan's Episcopal Church, Commerce Street, Insch receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% 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 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 41 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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  3. Churchyard, St Drostan's Parish Church, High Street, Insch Grade C 338 m
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