Closeburn Old Church is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Church.

Closeburn Old Church

WRENN ID
second-spire-tide
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
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NX 903 923
Coordinates
55.2129, -3.72444
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Closeburn Old Church was rebuilt in 1741, incorporating earlier materials, but now only roofless fragments remain. These include the entire east gable with a bellcote, the eastmost bay of the side walls, and a fragment of the north jam. The structure is made of coursed and squared rubble with polished dressings. The central door in the gable and the windows in the side walls are all round-headed, featuring pilastered jambs, moulded arches, and keystones, along with an oculus in the gable head. The skews are straight, and the plain bird-cage bellcote, topped with a ball-finialed ogee roof, still houses a bell from 1606. Fragments of the eaves course and moulded cornice are also present.

At the southeast end of the old church is the 1742 Kirkpatrick of Closeburn Classical trabeated mausoleum, constructed of red ashlar with rusticated pilaster strips. It features an elaborate north-facing pedimented doorpiece and has three long walls with basket-arched openings and a cornice. There are also some interesting 17th to 19th-century stone monuments.

The churchyard has been extended to the east and is enclosed by ashlar-coped rubble-built walls. The entrance features corniced, square, rusticated red ashlar gatepiers topped with ball-finialed ogee caps, along with small shelters built behind each gatepier.

Local climate

Closeburn Old Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 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 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% 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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