Burial-Vaults, Churchyard, Old Parish Church, Belhelvie is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Morthouse.
Burial-Vaults, Churchyard, Old Parish Church, Belhelvie
- WRENN ID
- turning-outpost-swallow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- Gordon and Buchan MP: Harriet Cross (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Morthouse
- OS grid reference
- NJ 969 196
- Coordinates
- 57.26718, -2.05275
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The burial vaults in the churchyard of the Old Parish Church in Belhelvie were built in 1835. They measure 20 feet by 17 feet 6 inches and stand 12 feet high. The vaults are vaulted and feature two shelves on each side that are fitted with rollers. The front is made of ashlar granite and includes an oak door, which has two keyholes protected by a bar.
Local climate
Burial-Vaults, Churchyard, Old Parish Church, Belhelvie 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 greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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