Burial Ground, Currie Kirk, Kirkgate, Currie is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 February 1976. Churchyard.

Burial Ground, Currie Kirk, Kirkgate, Currie

WRENN ID
shifting-bronze-candle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh South West MP: Dr Scott Arthur (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
16 February 1976
Type
Churchyard
OS grid reference
NT 183 676
Coordinates
55.89466, -3.30771
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The burial ground at Currie Kirk features an old rubble-walled enclosure, with some walls still retaining their structure. Incorporated into the church buildings are Templar and Calvary cross slabs, along with several richly sculptured stones from the 18th century. Notably, there is a mausoleum for George Davidson of Newmills, which has a plain droved ashlar front with quoined corners and a pediment, dated 1818.

Local climate

Burial Ground, Currie Kirk, Kirkgate, Currie 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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