Churchyard, Old Parish Church, Kirkgate, Alloa is a Grade B listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 June 1972. Enclosure.

Churchyard, Old Parish Church, Kirkgate, Alloa

WRENN ID
kindled-pilaster-fern
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Clackmannanshire
Constituency
Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 June 1972
Type
Enclosure
OS grid reference
NS 887 925
Coordinates
56.11311, -3.79091
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The churchyard of the Old Parish Church in Kirkgate, Alloa, features a high enclosure made of rubble walls. It includes two pairs of rusticated gatepiers, one of which is built up, while the other has ball finials. The site contains a notable collection of 18th century monuments, including a Doric aedicule dedicated to Robert Johnston from 1739, which has a scrolled pediment, and a monument for John Jamieson from 1825 that is adorned with Roman Doric columns and a pediment.

Local climate

Churchyard, Old Parish Church, Kirkgate, Alloa sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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