Cummertrees Parish Church is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Church. 4 related planning applications.

Cummertrees Parish Church

WRENN ID
hidden-wattle-elm
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NY 140 664
Coordinates
54.9849, -3.34525
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Cummertrees Parish Church, dated 1777, is set within an enclosed churchyard that features a war memorial and a lych gate. The church has a T-plan layout and is characterized by round-headed windows, although the northern jamb may not be original. Alterations made around 1877, possibly by John Starforth, include a canted stair turret, buttresses, and a belfry at the north gable, all constructed from red rubble with ashlar dressings. The church is rendered to resemble ashlar, with red ashlar margins and dressings. The south wall has a 4-bay long bolection-moulded wide doorway in the west gable, and the east door, which is enclosed by the vestry, features a rusticated surround and a dated keystone.

The church has angle buttresses topped with tall flat pinnacles, a birdcage belfry on a rusticated base, and a stepped cap. The roofs are covered with slate. Inside, there is a gallery at the north supported by two cast-iron clustered columns with an arcaded panelled front. The Gothic-panelled oak pulpit and communion table are likely from the early 20th century.

The churchyard is a quadrangular area enclosed by walls built of rubble with ashlar coping. A gabled hearse house is located at one corner. To the east of the church, there is an early 19th-century castellated gothic burial enclosure known as Kelhead, which is unroofed and made of red ashlar. It features an iron "yett," blocked openings, and incorporates the apex of a 17th-century dormer head. The west wall has plain marble memorial panels, some of which commemorate family members re-interred at Kinmount. The churchyard contains mostly 18th- to 20th-century stone monuments.

The lych gate is made of oak, featuring cusped framing and a red tile roof, with seats placed inside.

Local climate

Cummertrees Parish 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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