Caerlaverock Parish Church And Churchyard is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Church.
Caerlaverock Parish Church And Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- stranded-rafter-rowan
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NY 025 691
- Coordinates
- 55.0077, -3.52582
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Caerlaverock Parish Church, dated 1781, is a T-plan church that was re-roofed and renovated in 1894, during which a small piended porch was added to the east and west gables by architect James Barbour of Dumfries. The church is constructed of coursed and squared red rubble with ashlar dressings. It features keystoned round-headed windows, and the 4-bay long south wall has wide outer bays. The north gable has a door with a consoled pediment and an oculus above, while the other gables were originally identical. The church also has a ball-finialed apex birdcage belfry and a lean-to in the re-entrant angle. The roof is covered with graded slates and red ridge tiles, and the interior is galleried.
The churchyard is L-shaped with rubble-built walls and has ball-finialed square red ashlar gate-piers to the south. It includes a gabled former hearse house and features several notable 17th to 19th century stone monuments, including the grave of Robert Paterson, who inspired Sir Walter Scott's "Old Mortality."
Local climate
Caerlaverock Parish Church And Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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