Cruden Parish Church is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Church. 3 related planning applications.

Cruden Parish Church

WRENN ID
lost-cobble-holly
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 April 1971
Type
Church
Address
Cruden Parish Church, AB42 0SD
OS grid reference
NK 070 365
Coordinates
57.4194, -1.8841
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Cruden Parish Church was built in 1776 and originally featured a round-arched squared granite rectangle with a birdcage bellcote at the west end. A large addition was made by John Smith between 1833 and 1834, which included a symmetrical north front with a flat roof, except for a central gable. The design also included twin porches with circular conical-roofed angle towers. The west porch was replaced by a session house in 1840. An organ chamber was added to the centre of the south front, and a gable was added to the centre of the north front by G. Bennet Mitchell in 1913. The interior is galleried with columns at both levels. The pulpit from 1834, which has a sounding board, is still present but not in its original position. There is also a circular font from the 12th century and a Dutch bell dated 1519.

Local climate

Cruden Parish Church receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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