Old Parish Church, Dalton is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Finial.
Old Parish Church, Dalton
- WRENN ID
- pale-belfry-vermeil
- 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
- Finial
- OS grid reference
- NY 113 739
- Coordinates
- 55.05248, -3.38861
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Old Parish Church in Dalton dates from around 1700, possibly 1704. It features an unusual large finial that was originally located on the north gable of Dalton Old Church. This finial was removed in the 19th century when a heating system was installed. It was later placed at its current location, between the porch and the tower of the present parish church, likely when the church was built around 1895. The finial has a plain urn shape on a pyramidal base with a tall flaming finial, and it is raised on a square plinth, all made of ashlar.
Local climate
Old Parish Church, Dalton sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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