Luce Church is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 October 1988.
Luce Church
- WRENN ID
- cold-turret-moth
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1988
- OS grid reference
- NY 187 723
- Coordinates
- 55.03913, -3.27291
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The churchyard of Luce Church contains a notable 1709 burial vault belonging to the Irving family. The vault is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and is apsidal in shape. A door is located within the pedimented north gable. The vault features a moulded cornice and a shaped coping which rises above the pediment, with a finial surviving above one corner; further remnants are present within the tympanum. An inscribed slab is set within a bolection-moulded surround. Numerous 18th and 19th century headstones are present within the churchyard, many displaying good examples of artisan sculpture. The churchyard is enclosed by a modern wire fence.
Local climate
Luce Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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