Churchyard, St Drostan's Parish Church, High Street, Insch is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 September 1984.

Churchyard, St Drostan's Parish Church, High Street, Insch

WRENN ID
white-cobalt-thunder
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 September 1984
OS grid reference
NJ 633 281
Coordinates
57.34223, -2.61048
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a rubble-walled churchyard, serving St Drostan's Parish Church on High Street, Insch. The enclosure is constructed of pinned rubble and includes gatepiers leading to the street. It contains a substantial collection of gravestones dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, although none are of particular historical significance. The churchyard is formally known as the Old Parish Church of Insch churchyard.

Local climate

Churchyard, St Drostan's Parish Church, High 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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