Kirkgunzeon Churchyard is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 April 1990.
Kirkgunzeon Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- small-landing-wagtail
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1990
- OS grid reference
- NX 866 667
- Coordinates
- 54.98277, -3.773
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a tall sandstone monument, dating to circa 1831, located within Kirkgunzeon parish church graveyard. The monument is composed of three stages. The rusticated lower stage features an urn set within a niche, and it supports a podium bearing a dedicatory inscription. Above this rises a tall sandstone obelisk, topped with an urn finial. The monument is designated a group value with Kirkgunzeon Parish Church and Mansepark.
Local climate
Kirkgunzeon Churchyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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