Former Mains Parish Church, Old Glamis Road, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 February 1965. Church.

Former Mains Parish Church, Old Glamis Road, Dundee

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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Dundee City
Constituency
Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 February 1965
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NO 402 336
Coordinates
56.49143, -2.97231
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Former Mains Parish Church, located on Old Glamis Road in Dundee, was built between 1800 and 1801. This simple Renaissance-style church has a rectangular plan and is constructed from rubble with ashlar dressings. The south elevation features four tall round-arched windows, while the north elevation has a two-storey, three-bay design, with the center bay being blind on the first floor. The gables are pedimental with the side lights also being blind, and there are attic Diocletian windows. A mock stack is positioned at the eastern apex, and the west elevation includes a small corbelled bellcote with pilastered angles and a weather vane. The church has porches with parapets.

Later additions include single-storey vestries with piend roofs at the north angles, each featuring two bipartite windows on their outer elevations. The western vestry is the earlier of the two and has a tall shouldered wallhead stack. The church is topped with slate roofs, although the center ventilator is missing, and it has small-paned glazing patterns.

Inside, the church features a gallery and a clock supported by Tuscan columns. A cornice is carried by cast-iron columns with bell capitals. There have been some later refurnishings, including the pulpit, which was added in 1894. Notable interior elements include a fine monument to Charlotte, Lady Ogilvy, and a stained glass war memorial window.

The churchyard contains 19th-century monuments enclosed by rubble-built boundary walls. Wrought-iron gates and modern railings are situated between square ashlar gatepiers at the northeast angle.

Local climate

Former Mains Parish Church, Old Glamis Road, 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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