Old Parish Church, Inch is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 20 July 1972.
Old Parish Church, Inch
- WRENN ID
- long-courtyard-yarrow
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1972
- OS grid reference
- NX 102 609
- Coordinates
- 54.90673, -4.96176
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Parish Church, built in 1770, was designed by Thomas Hall and possibly incorporates earlier fabric. It is now roofless and was formerly a parish church. The building is rectangular in plan, measuring 75 feet from northeast to southwest, and was made T-shaped by the later addition of a northwest “aisle,” which is now bricked off. The church is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings to the openings and quoins of the northwest aisle.
The southwest elevation features an iron gate leading to a round-arched entrance at ground level, with a round-arched opening above it. A birdcage bellcote sits at the apex of the roof. The southeast elevation showcases five round-arched openings, some of which are partially infilled, with a narrower central opening. Projecting keystones and imposts are visible. The northeast elevation mirrors the southwest with an iron gate to a round-arched entrance at ground level and a round-arched opening above. The northwest elevation presents a blank gable to the projecting aisle and remnants of a stack. Steps lead to an entrance in the right-reentrant angle, flanked by single rectangular windows.
The church interior is roofless and contains wall monuments.
The building is no longer in ecclesiastical use. The graveyard, gatepiers, gates, railings, and boundary wall are covered by a separate listing. A school was located to the north of the church, as indicated on the 1848 Ordnance Survey map. The Old Parish Church Graveyard with its gatepiers, gates, railings, and boundary walls is also the subject of a separate listing. Other structures within the wider Lochinch Heritage Estate include Balker Farmhouse, Balker Lodge, Black Loch Boathouse, Black Stables Cottage, Canal Cottage, Castle Kennedy, Castle Kennedy Bridge, Castle Kennedy gatepiers, gates and boundary walls, Castle Kennedy Lodge, Castle Kennedy Walled Garden, East Lodge, Garden Cottage, Ice House, Kennels, Kennel's House, Kitchen Garden, Lochinch Castle, Lochinch Stable Court, Main Lodge, Main Lodge gatepiers, gates and boundary walls, three sundials, and White Loch Boathouse.
Local climate
Old Parish Church, Inch sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% 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 0.3°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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- Sundial, Lochinch Castle
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