Forfar Parish Church, East High Street, Forfar is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 1971. Church. 2 related planning applications.

Forfar Parish Church, East High Street, Forfar

WRENN ID
late-rampart-tarn
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 457 506
Coordinates
56.64415, -2.88667
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Forfar Parish Church, built between 1790 and 1791 by Samuel Bell, is originally a plain Gothic rectangular structure with a four-window south side, constructed from coursed rubble. The church features a 150-foot high ashlar classic west spire, which includes a Roman Doric pedimented doorway and Gothic openings at the upper levels, designed by Patrick Brown between 1813 and 1814 based on Bell's original design. There have been additions and alterations, including work by James Brewster in 1836 and further modifications by John Carver in 1881, which included the addition of a north aisle and traceried south windows. The church has historical ties to Gerhart Meyer Bell from 1656.

Local climate

Forfar Parish Church, East High Street, Forfar sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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