Kilmelford Parish Church is a Grade C listed building in the Argyll and Bute local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 August 1980. Kirk. 1 related planning application.
Kilmelford Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- silver-hammer-winter
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Argyll and Bute
- Constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber MP: Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1980
- Type
- Kirk
- Address
- Kilmelford Parish Church, PA34 4XA
- OS grid reference
- NM 849 129
- Coordinates
- 56.26063, -5.47424
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Kilmelford Parish Church, built around 1785, is designed in a Gothick style. The church has an oblong shape and is constructed from rubble that is thinly harled. It has been re-roofed with slates and features a belfry. The building includes pointed and wheel windows, and a vestry has been added. Inside, the church has an open timber roof and a gallery. The interior has been redecorated and recast.
Local climate
Kilmelford Parish Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 2,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- Radon risk assessment
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