Eskdalemuir Churchyard is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971.
Eskdalemuir Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- last-corridor-violet
- 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
- NY 252 979
- Coordinates
- 55.26958, -3.17726
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Eskdalemuir Churchyard is a quadrangular burial ground, detached from the church itself. It is enclosed by a rubble-built boundary wall. A gate is located in the west wall, flanked by two corniced square gatepiers. The churchyard contains a variety of headstones, primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries, with some dating to the 18th century. A particularly notable feature is a tall monument to William Brown, who died in 1835, consisting of a square base with urns and a tall obelisk. A fragment of a gable from a relatively early building has been incorporated into the enclosure wall at the northwest corner.
Local climate
Eskdalemuir Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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Nearby listed buildings
- Eskdalemuir Church
- White Esk Bridge, Eskdalemuir
- Hislop's Grave, Craighaugh
- Bankhead Burial Ground
- Gatepiers And Boundary Wall, Eskdalemuir Observatory
- Rayleigh House, Eskdalemuir Observatory
- Outbuilding and Coach House, Rayleigh House, Eskdalemuir Observatory
- Main Block, Eskdalemuir Observatory
- Outbuilding, Rayleigh House, Eskdalemuir Observatory
- Schuster House, Eskdalemuir Observatory