Udny Parish Church is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Church.

Udny Parish Church

WRENN ID
small-attic-oak
Grade
B
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 880 264
Coordinates
57.32821, -2.20071
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Udny Parish Church was designed by John Smith in 1821 and showcases a Tudor Gothic style. The church has a rectangular plan and features four windows, with the south windows being blind. The flanks are harled, while the south gable is constructed of rough ashlar and is supported by diagonal buttresses. The tower is squat, battlemented, and topped with pinnacles, with a clock stage dated 1895. The original glazing remains intact.

Inside, there is a vaulted porch within the tower and original details at the gallery stairs. The body of the church was remodeled by A. Marshall Mackenzie (Matthews & Mackenzie) in 1890, which included an open roof and an organ chamber located behind the pulpit. New gallery fronts were fitted to the original U-plan gallery, which is supported by quatrefoil piers, and the pulpit has been altered. The north window was added in 1927, and there is a bell inscribed "CHRISTS KIRK OF THE GREEN UDNY 1821" by Thomas Mears II, along with a John Warner Bell from 1895.

Local climate

Udny Parish Church receives an average of 850 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 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Old Schoolhouse, Udny Grade C 96 m
  2. Udny Arms Hotel Grade C 111 m
  3. Smithy Cottage, Udny Grade C 122 m
  4. Primrose Cottage, Udny Grade C 129 m
  5. Morthouse, Udny Parish Church Grade B 132 m
  6. Christ's Kirk Of Udny, Udny Grade C 153 m
  7. Manse Of Udny, Udny Green Grade C 231 m
  8. Udny Castle Grade A 416 m
  9. Udny Bridge Grade C 539 m
  10. Atholhill Grade C 769 m