Bourtie Parish Church is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Church.
Bourtie Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- outer-zinc-barley
- Grade
- A
- 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 804 248
- Coordinates
- 57.31387, -2.32612
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Bourtie Parish Church, built in 1806, features a simple near-square plan constructed of boulder rubble and topped with a tall piend roof that has a short ridge. A small gablet with a bellcote and a ball finial is located on the west wall. The south wall has two large Gothic windows with original basket tracery sashes, while the north wall contains two Gothic doorways.
Inside, the church is wood-lined with a cove ceiling and includes a horseshoe gallery supported by square wooden columns that are reeded at the front. Notable original features include a well-crafted ogee-canopied pulpit, a precentor's box, and other original fittings, along with original door furniture. The church houses a bell from 1760 by John Mowat, a fragment of sculptured stone, a panel dated 1669, a ladle from 1671, and two badly damaged medieval effigies. There have been some minor alterations and repairs made in 1934.
Local climate
Bourtie Parish Church 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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