St Mary Magdalene's Church And Churchyard, Lochmaben is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 October 1988. Churchyard.
St Mary Magdalene's Church And Churchyard, Lochmaben
- WRENN ID
- long-bonework-jet
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1988
- Type
- Churchyard
- OS grid reference
- NY 081 825
- Coordinates
- 55.12837, -3.4425
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Mary Magdalene's Church and Churchyard in Lochmaben features a quadrangular churchyard that surrounds the site of St Mary Magdalene's church. The churchyard contains many well-sculptured stone monuments from the 17th to 19th centuries, including a monument to Dr James Mounsey of Rammerscales, who died on February 2, 1773, and was a physician to the Empress of Russia. There is also a tall obelisk for the Jardine family, erected around 1843. The churchyard is enclosed by walls built of rubble with ashlar coping, and there is a gate on the east side with corniced square gatepiers, along with a hearse house located at the southwest angle.
Local climate
St Mary Magdalene's Church And Churchyard, Lochmaben 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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