Knox's Church, Howard Street, Arbroath is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 February 1989. Church. 3 related planning applications.
Knox's Church, Howard Street, Arbroath
- WRENN ID
- standing-thatch-bittern
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1989
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Knox's Church, Howard Street, Arbroath, DD11 4DH
- OS grid reference
- NO 637 413
- Coordinates
- 56.56308, -2.59138
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Knox's Church, located on Howard Street in Arbroath, was designed by James MacLaren in 1866. This Gothic church sits on a corner site and features a nave with aisles and a main gabled entrance facing Howard Street. The corner nearest the street is accentuated by a square tower that rises two stages higher, which includes a clock and belfry, possibly intended to have a spire.
The church has a T-plan layout with shallow gabled transepts and flank buttresses that extend upwards through the eaves. The entrance consists of a double doorway set below a pointed arch, with the moulding continuing as a string at cill level. Above the entrance is a large geometric traceried window, while the other windows are mostly lancets. The exterior is constructed of snecked ashlar with polished dressings, featuring blocked eaves and slate roofs.
Inside, the church has a galleried interior and houses an organ made by Peter Conacher & Co in 1895, which was transferred from Brechin West Free Church in 1948. The property is enclosed by an iron-railed boundary wall that steps down to follow the slope of the land.
Local climate
Knox's Church, Howard Street, Arbroath sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 3 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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