Churchyard, Skene Parish Church, Kirkton Of Skene is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Churchyard.

Churchyard, Skene Parish Church, Kirkton Of Skene

WRENN ID
vacant-floor-clover
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Churchyard
OS grid reference
NJ 802 076
Coordinates
57.15906, -2.3274
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The enclosure surrounding Skene Parish Church is made of rubble walls and does not contain any notable old stones. At the church door, there is a font bowl and a mortsafe. The entrance features a late Scottish Gothic arch. Additionally, there is a tomb chest monument dedicated to the McCombie family of Easter Skene and Lynturk, made of red granite and dating from 1890.

Local climate

Churchyard, Skene Parish Church, Kirkton Of Skene receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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