Old Parish Church, Erroll Street, Peterhead is a Grade A listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Church. 1 related planning application.
Old Parish Church, Erroll Street, Peterhead
- WRENN ID
- wild-glass-laurel
- Grade
- A
- 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
- Old Parish Church, Erroll Street, Peterhead, AB42 1PX
- OS grid reference
- NK 131 461
- Coordinates
- 57.50493, -1.78272
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Parish Church on Erroll Street in Peterhead was built between 1804 and 1806 by Alexander Laing of Edinburgh, with R. & J. Mitchell as the contractors. This church features a severe classical style and has a rectangular plan. It includes a lower porch with three arches and a prominent 118-foot steeple, which is connected to the main structure by flanking wallhead balustrades. The south side has four arched windows, while the north side showcases a two-storey arrangement with four windows. The church is constructed of granite, with ashlar stone on the front and squared stone on the sides, and it has a moulded eaves course. Inside, there is a U-plan gallery supported by reeded Roman-Doric columns, and the gallery front is finely panelled. The church underwent significant restoration and redecoration in 1966, replacing earlier arrangements from 1894. The hall was added in 1896, and it houses a Burgerhuys Bell from 1647 and a Mears bell from 1850.
Local climate
Old Parish Church, Erroll Street, Peterhead receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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