Careston Parish Church is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Church.
Careston Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- broken-bastion-crimson
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Angus and Perthshire Glens MP: Dave Doogan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1971
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NO 528 603
- Coordinates
- 56.73231, -2.77257
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Careston Parish Church is a small T-plan building constructed of rubble and slate, dated 1636. It features an elevated lairds loft supported by carved oak columns and an entablature. The church was remodeled in 1808, as indicated by the date on the corner dial, and again in 1905 when a porch was added. The architect for the church was Wishart Galloway. Additionally, there is a mort bell inscribed with "AF.1756.CF."
Local climate
Careston Parish Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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