Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Sandyhill Road, Banff is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 March 1995. RC church. 1 related planning application.
Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Sandyhill Road, Banff
- WRENN ID
- dusted-render-merlin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1995
- Type
- RC church
- Address
- Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Sandyhill Road, Banff, AB45 1BE
- OS grid reference
- NJ 687 635
- Coordinates
- 57.66084, -2.52598
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, built in 1870 by Alexander Ellis, is a small Gothic-style church located on Sandyhill Road in Banff. It is constructed of dark local whinstone with grey ashlar margins and dressings. The church features an entrance porch on the south elevation, a buttressed gable with paired lights facing the street, and a small three-stage spire, all fronted by a low chapel.
Inside, the church has a galleried interior that is oriented liturgically to the east and features a ribbed vaulted ceiling. There is a Gothic-style carved wooden reredos with a marble front and an advanced altar. The walls have a panelled dado topped with painted Stations of the Cross, each framed in wood. The seating consists of plain pews, and there is a small chapel at the east gable.
Local climate
Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church, Sandyhill Road, Banff receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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