Graveyard And Well, St Columba's Old Parish Church, Kirkcolm is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972. Graveyard.
Graveyard And Well, St Columba's Old Parish Church, Kirkcolm
- WRENN ID
- riven-bailey-crimson
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1972
- Type
- Graveyard
- OS grid reference
- NX 030 688
- Coordinates
- 54.9753, -5.07872
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The graveyard at St Columba's Old Parish Church in Kirkcolm dates back to the 18th century or earlier and is located at the site of the former Kirkcolm Church, which is in the center of the graveyard. It features headstones from the 18th and early 19th centuries, along with two burial enclosures to the west.
One of the burial enclosures is a classical style structure from the late 18th century. It has a rectangular plan and includes a boundary wall to the west. The enclosure is unroofed and constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings, including margins, quoin strips, and slab coping at the wallhead. There is a central doorway on the east side, topped by a pediment that has a blank recessed panel in the tympanum. Recessed panels are located on both sides of the doorway, with the left panel containing an ashlar inscription panel, although the inscription is now completely illegible.
The second burial enclosure, dated 1797, is built of rubble and features an ashlar inscription panel in the gablehead, commemorating the Rose family.
The boundary wall surrounding the graveyard is made of rubble with rubble coping and includes two square rubble piers to the south.
Local climate
Graveyard And Well, St Columba's Old Parish Church, Kirkcolm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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