Old Church And Graveyard, Keir is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Old Church And Graveyard, Keir
- WRENN ID
- narrow-soffit-snow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- OS grid reference
- NX 862 931
- Coordinates
- 55.21937, -3.78907
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The graveyard at Keir is an irregularly shaped enclosure built on a slope. It is enclosed by rubble-built walls with corniced gatepiers constructed of squared red rubble and topped with pyramidal caps. The graveyard contains a variety of tombstones dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries, some featuring good classical sculpture. A notable feature is the family monument of Kirkpatrick MacMillan, the inventor of the pedal bicycle. The site served as the location of the parish church until the construction of the present building in 1814.
Local climate
Old Church And Graveyard, Keir sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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