Old Church And Burial-Ground, Kirkandrews is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971. Church, churchyard.

Old Church And Burial-Ground, Kirkandrews

WRENN ID
sombre-lantern-candle
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 November 1971
Type
Church, churchyard
OS grid reference
NX 600 481
Coordinates
54.80835, -4.1787
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The ruins of an old church are located within a burial enclosure that contains several notable 18th and 19th-century gravestones. Only the walls, which stand about 3 feet high, of two rectangular enclosures remain of the church. There are no significant architectural features, except for an inserted panel that is dated 1686.

Local climate

Old Church And Burial-Ground, Kirkandrews sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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