St Matthew's Episcopal Church, Oldmeldrum is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Church. 3 related planning applications.

St Matthew's Episcopal Church, Oldmeldrum

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NJ 811 279
Coordinates
57.34147, -2.31415
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Matthew's Episcopal Church in Oldmeldrum was built in 1863 by the architects Ross and Joass. This Gothic-style church features pinned granite and chequered voussoirs, along with freestone geometrical tracery. The nave measures 50 feet by 25 feet, and the chancel is 26 feet by 16 feet, which includes a three-seat sedilia and collar-braced roofs. The stained glass windows were made by Hardman. Inside, there is an elaborate Arts and Crafts monument dedicated to Beauchamp Colclough Urquhart of Meldrum, created in 1898.

Local climate

St Matthew's Episcopal Church, Oldmeldrum receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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