Mains (St Ninian's) Church, Caird Park, Dundee is a Grade C listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1993. Churchyard.

Mains (St Ninian's) Church, Caird Park, Dundee

WRENN ID
gentle-mantel-raven
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 March 1993
Type
Churchyard
OS grid reference
NO 411 330
Coordinates
56.48601, -2.95798
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Mains (St Ninian's) Church is located in Caird Park, Dundee, and is a medieval site. The churchyard has a near rectangular plan and features rubble-built coped boundary walls. At the northwest angle, there are 19th century channelled ashlar gatepiers topped with pyramids, accompanied by simple wrought-iron gates.

The site includes the remains of the Graham of Fintry vault and a late 15th century south transept from the Old Parish Church of Mains, although only the lower parts of the walls remain. There are several monuments from the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries, but few are still standing.

Local climate

Mains (St Ninian's) Church, Caird Park, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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