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

Old Parish Church and Churchyard, Trailflat

WRENN ID
solitary-shingle-coral
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dumfries and Galloway
Constituency
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 August 1971
Type
Churchyard
OS grid reference
NY 048 840
Coordinates
55.14179, -3.49498
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Old Parish Church and Churchyard at Trailflat features a roughly circular churchyard enclosure with a gate located at the south. The walls are built from rubble and surround the ruins of the old church, which was abandoned in 1650 when the parish was suppressed. Within the churchyard, there are several stone monuments from the 17th to 19th centuries, including table tombs and the enclosure for the Paterson family of Skipmyre.

Local climate

Old Parish Church and Churchyard, Trailflat sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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