Darvel Central Church, Hastings Square, Darvel is a Grade B listed building in the East Ayrshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 April 1971. Church.

Darvel Central Church, Hastings Square, Darvel

WRENN ID
noble-tallow-ridge
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Ayrshire
Constituency
Kilmarnock and Loudoun MP: Lillian Jones (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 April 1971
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NS 563 374
Coordinates
55.60927, -4.28257
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Darvel Central Church is an old quoad sacra church located in the center of Hastings Square. It features Gothic architecture, including a clock tower and steeple, and was built in the mid-19th century. Inside, there is a memorial window by Douglas Strachan that was transferred from Gowanbank, the home of Alexander Morton, who introduced the manufacture of Nottingham lace to the Irvine Valley in 1876.

Local climate

Darvel Central Church, Hastings Square, Darvel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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